Fu Song

Li Chun never felt that Jiangning Xinsong could withstand the full onslaught of the Liao Kingdom.

Don't look at their victories one after another now, but what they are facing is the army of Zhao and Qi, and occasionally the army of Liao, but it is only a small-scale attack.

Once the Liao Kingdom's Gongfen Army, Pishi Army, and Shushan Army all attacked with all their strength, would Jiang Ning really be able to stop it?

Therefore, he has always been yin to yin and yang to Jiang Ning.

In name, he obeyed the orders there, but in fact, he did something else on Qinfeng Road.

For example, the recruiting law and the young crop law, which have been rolled out on a large scale in the south, are not even known to ordinary people on Qinfeng Road.

Li Chun's biggest dream is to be like Xiao Ding and Xiao Changqing, to dominate one side and be at ease.

Of course, Qinfeng Road's territory is still a little smaller and poorer, so he set his sights on Shaanxi Road, and attracting Zhang Cheng is also part of his plan.

Zhang Cheng has a high reputation.

The prestige accumulated by the two generations of father and son is quite considerable.

But his strength is very weak, thousands of soldiers who can fight, have not yet been placed in Li Chun's eyes.

What's even better is that Zhang Cheng and the Xiao family have a sworn feud.

This allows me to work with them confidently and boldly.

At first, all of Li Chun's plans went smoothly. Zhang Cheng captured the surrounding area of ​​Jingzhao Mansion, while Qinfeng Road soldiers and horses rushed forward fiercely, taking down several states and counties.

But the accident happened at this time.

The Liao people that Li Chun had always feared really appeared.

As soon as he appeared, he was hit in the head.

Tens of thousands of Qinfeng Road elites were beaten to the ground by the Liao people, and even their sons were taken prisoner.

Just when he was in panic all day long, a turning point appeared.

The proposal brought by Yelu Longxu's envoy surprised and delighted Li Chun.

Li Chun belonged to the kind of guy who wanted to be a whore and set up a memorial archway. He already wanted to surrender to the Liao people, but he was afraid that the Huanghuang history books would criticize him in the future, and he would leave a bad reputation for thousands of years.

But the appearance of the Supreme Emperor Zhao Suo solved all his troubles.

I am not a surrendered Liao people!

I am returning to serve the emperor of our Song Dynasty!
The Liao people eagerly brought Zhao Suo back to be the King of Song of Lao Shizi. Wouldn't it be too shabby and boring if there were not a few important people to support him?
And I am the person who is enough to support me!
Yelu Longxu agreed to allocate Shaanxi Road to himself.

It's just that those places occupied by Liu Quanyi will definitely not come back.

However, several states and counties occupied by the Western Army can be taken back.

Now the main force of the Western Army is confronting Yelumin's soldiers and horses on the western border, which is a good opportunity for them to pick up some bargains.

As for Zhang Cheng, when he said he would give Jingzhao Mansion to him, he would give him Jingzhao Mansion, but when the surrounding areas of Jingzhao Mansion were all his territory and confidantes, what tricks could Zhang Cheng play? !
"Xiao Taiwei Zhang, that small official family in Jiangning, I don't know where Xiao Erlang picked up a Xibei product, and now he is sitting on it majestically and wants us to pay homage! Pooh!" Li Chun said: " Now that the Supreme Emperor is back, it is a good time for you and me to go and serve him. There is no one in the hands of the Supreme Emperor, and all of us will be drawn by the Supreme Emperor as his confidantes."

"That's true!" Zhang Cheng said indifferently.

"Brother, your good opportunity has come!" Li Chun enviously said: "You have a friendship with the Supreme Emperor. Back then, King Jing rebelled. If you hadn't led three thousand palace guards to defend the palace city, King Jing might have succeeded. Haha, based on this alone, the Taishanghuang must also look at you differently!"

"I haven't seen you for many years, and I don't know how the Supreme Emperor is doing now?"

"It won't be long before we will go to Kaifeng to meet the Supreme Emperor, and it will be clear when the time comes!" Li Chun said with a smile.

"Li Anfu, what if that petty official family in Jiangning is really the son of King Jing?" Zhang Cheng asked suddenly.

Li Chun laughed loudly, patted Zhang Cheng on the shoulder and said, "It's better if it's fake. If it's true, I don't care, but brother, you're in big trouble. I'm afraid half of King Jing's death Should it be blamed on you? Before Miyagi, he set himself on fire, and you said that the petty official in Jiangning would hate you to death if he were really the youngest son of King Jing?"

Zhang Cheng took a deep breath: "This is natural."

"Therefore, we have nothing to hesitate. The two of us work together to firmly hold Qinfeng Road and Shaanxi Road in our hands first, and then slowly expand outward. Brother Zhang has a talent that cannot be buried." Li Chundao.

Zhang Cheng smiled noncommittally: "What's the next arrangement?"

"The next thing we need to do is to make preparations. It will take another month for the Supreme Emperor to arrive in Tokyo. As for us, we will organize our army and prepare to go north, and then we will wave the flag for the return of the Supreme Emperor!" Li Chundao.

"Okay, I'll wait for the call of the pacifier!" Zhang Cheng stood up, crossed his hands and said goodbye.

Li Chun never doubted that Zhang Cheng would have other thoughts.

In his opinion, Zhang Cheng is an extremely embarrassing guy now, and there is no room for reconciliation with Jiang Ning.

He killed the father of the little Jiangning emperor,

His own father was killed by the boss of the Xiao family.

And the second son of the Xiao family is now the chief assistant in power of the Jiangning Xinsong court.

He Zhang Cheng, where is there a way out?
So, this is a partner tailor-made for yourself!

Let's consider it as a partner now, but in the future, he will be his most powerful subordinate, the most fierce subordinate.

Li Chun couldn't help being extremely happy at the thought of being able to drive someone like Zhang Cheng to be his pawn.

"On the eighth day of April, the army swore to go north!" Zhang Cheng's eyes shone coldly: "I want to kill this traitor in front of everyone's life, and use his blood to warn those who are half-hearted. means death!"

Gan Quan worriedly said: "Taiwei, after the oath, they will be all around you. If you go deep into the tiger's den alone, how can you succeed? Even if you succeed, how can you escape?"

"Why get away?" Zhang Cheng said with a sneer, "I don't pay attention to a bunch of scumbags. At that time, I will control those big figures, but there is nothing to say about Li Chun's troops outside. That’s right, we must fight them. Quickly annihilating them can also effectively deter those tribal soldiers.”

"I think this is what Xiao Shoufu meant by giving us two thousand hand cannons?" Gan Quan pinched his teeth and said, "This Shoufu, did you even count what you want? That's why I specially gave these things ?”

"Xiao Erlang has always been like this. Giving you these things, of course, is to allow me to succeed in controlling this area, and secondly, why not warn us? Ganquan, gunpowder weapons all these years Its development is shocking, and in the future, I am afraid that there will be no generals who are brave enough to win the three armies. No matter how powerful you are, a hand cannon can send you to heaven! What do you think of those bronze cannons?"

"It's easy to break the city and destroy the walls!" Gan Quan sighed: "There is also a kind of flower bomb, which is specially aimed at infantry charges. When one such flower bomb explodes, there are dozens of hundreds of iron nails, iron It's a piece of cake flying out, killing people and piercing armor, it's a piece of cake. One shot down, within ten feet, there will be no one left behind!"

"War is slowly changing the pattern." Zhang Chengdao: "Perhaps, our generation will be the last shining point of swords, swords, halberds, bows and feathers."

The two sighed for a while before Zhang Cheng continued: "It's not difficult to kill Li Chun, and it's not difficult to control these mob after killing him. The difficulty lies in the aftermath of the storm."

"I'm a little worried about Jiang Ning's promise to contain Yelu Longxu. If they want to borrow a knife to kill someone, we will be in trouble!" Gan Quan was a little worried.

Zhang Chengchi said with a smile: "Xiao Erlang is not such a person. Besides, he really wants to cut us down with a knife. What good will it do them? Then Shaanxi Road and Qinfeng Road will be completely messed up, and it will only be easy for the people of Liao to take the opportunity. In these two places, Yelu Longxu would wake up laughing even if he fell asleep, do you think Xiao Erlang is so stupid?"

Gan Quan laughed: "Probably not, that's what I said casually."

"After our attack here, Wei Wu is in Xiayi and Wang Zhu is in Nanyang. They will mobilize troops and horses in a large scale and make a stance to attack Kaifeng. Whether it is true or not, Yelu Longxu will not take the risk of leaving Kaifeng to come to us. Trouble. If Zhao Suo had just arrived in Kaifeng and was killed by Jiang Ning before his butt was warm, how would Yelu Longxu explain?"

"Where is Liu Quanyi? This guy is not a worry-free master!"

"Zhang Yunsheng, the commander of the Brave Army of the Western Army, will also leave Luowu City at this time. Liu Quanyi is going to deal with Zhang Yunsheng. How can he have the energy to trouble us! As long as we have half a year, it will be enough for me to reintegrate the strength of Qin Fenglu , when Yelu Longxu comes again, I will not be afraid of him."

Gan Quan nodded in agreement, hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "Taiwei, maybe I shouldn't ask this question, the question between you and the Jiangning Xiaoguan's family, and the blood feud between you and the Xiao family Dalang, Is that really the case?"

Zhang Cheng pondered for a moment, and said: "I have a clear conscience about King Jing's death. Even if it happens again now, I will still lead people to defend the palace city. As for the grievances between me and the Xiao family boss, let's wait for later! Enemy, even though they are irreconcilable, but in the face of righteousness, they can only take a step back."

"Captain Gao Yi!"

"It's not a high righteousness. It's just helpless." Zhang Chengchang sighed. "Xiao Ding is now the King of Great Xia, with hundreds of thousands of troops under his command, how can I compare with him, even if the two fight alone, I am not his opponent."

When it comes to these things, it can't help but make people feel sad.

If you have to do something, you really can't.

On the eighth day of April, take an oath.

Slaughtering three animals, sacrificing heaven and earth, and rewarding the three armies, everyone was full of joy. Even ordinary soldiers got a catty of meat and a dime of wine.

Gan Quan sat on the ground, behind him were three thousand elites.At this moment, everyone is happily drinking wine and tearing meat.

It is said to be wine, but in fact it is just a little wine added to the water, and it smells a little bit of wine.

Gan Quan stared at the huge tent of the Chinese army on the high ground in the distance. At this moment, Li Chun, Zhang Cheng, and leaders from all walks of life on Qinfeng Road were feasting inside.

He turned his head again and looked at Li Xu on the right side of his house. There were also thousands of elite soldiers and horses, but the leader was Li Gang.

This timeless guy was captured alive by Yelu Longxu, and he seemed to have suffered a bit, and he still walks with a limp.

Today is your day of death.

Gan Quan bit hard at the piece of meat in his hand, and with a crash, he couldn't help but exhale in pain.

Heck, before he knew it, he had already gnawed away all the meat, leaving only a big bone that was white and glistening, and he almost didn't break his teeth after this bite.

Several school lieutenants around suddenly burst into laughter.

In this camp, about 2 horses were gathered.

About 5000 people belonged to Li Chun's confidants, 3000 people belonged to Zhang Cheng, and the rest were all soldiers and horses of various leaders on Qinfeng Road.

Compared with the above two armies with strict military discipline, the soldiers and horses of the leaders from all walks of life inevitably seem very random.

In just a short while, Gan Quan had already seen that fights had started in several places.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Chun was already half drunk, leaning on the big case, holding a jug of wine in his hand, he laughed and said to everyone in the big tent: "Everyone, this time we go When you meet the Supreme Emperor in Tokyo, what you will get at that time must be beyond your imagination."

"Peacemaker, don't hold your breath, just talk about us people? You must be crowned king. What kind of official can someone like me get?"

After taking a sip of wine, Li Chun squinted his eyes and said, "You, at least you can be in charge of one of them. If you're lucky, the Emperor will be happy. It's not impossible to make you a marquis."

"Is there any hope for me to be named Marquis and Prime Minister?" The big man's eyes widened in surprise.

"Why not?" Li Chun raised the jug high, let the crystal clear wine flow down in a straight line, and poured it straight into his mouth, he actually drank the whole jug of wine in one breath.

"Peaceful drinker!" Someone praised loudly.

"Should be called the prince!" Someone immediately corrected: "I just don't know what kind of king the comforter will be named?"

"It is said that it is the King of Qin!" Li Chun hiccupped and said.

Zhang Cheng, who was at the bottom, smiled slightly, as if he was named the King of Qin, there would be no good end.

The last person named King of Qin by the Liao people was Gao Yao, and this guy was beheaded cleanly by the Western Army.

Today, is it my turn to chop off the head of King Qin?

He laughed and stood up, took out something from his chest, and said: "Everyone, everyone, a few days ago, in Jingzhao Mansion, we cracked a spy nest in Jiangning, and copied a lot of good things from it. Open your eyes today."

"What good stuff?"

What Zhang Cheng held in his hand was a hand cannon. He unscrewed the cover at the back of the box, pulled out the fuse from the inside, and lit it on the fire. The door was thrown out.

There was a loud noise, the smoke was dense, and the sound of hurried footsteps and inquiries came from around.

"What is this?" Many people in the big tent changed their colors.

"It's called a hand cannon!" Zhang Cheng said with a smile, "It's a gunpowder weapon made by Jiang Ning."

The big tent suddenly became quiet.

Li Chun rolled his eyes to look at everyone, and said with a forced smile: "It's just a gunpowder weapon. What's so scary? Daliao also has this thing. In the last battle of Sui County, Daliao and the opponent both used gunpowder weapons." , we will have some in the future, we can do as many as we want!"

Zhang Cheng walked towards Li Chun with the jug, and said with a smile, "The appeasement envoy is absolutely right, I'll toast the appeasement envoy a glass of wine."