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Chapter 892 Song Ting is going to make peace with the rebels again?

"Follow me!!"

Shouting loudly, Li Kui's dark figure ran quickly in the rain of arrows, with Song Jun carrying a ladder behind him.

The moat of Jiangling Mansion is far less than that of Xiangyang, and a section has been filled up yesterday. At this time, the ladder has crossed the moat and put it on the top of the city. Led by Li Kui, Zhang Qing, Deng Fei and other young generals, the brave and fearless soldiers began to climb first. .

"Hold!! Hold!!"

There was a sound of drums in the city, and the wood, rackets, boiling oil, and gold juice poured down, breaking the ladder and injuring the human body. However, due to the excessive consumption in the past few days, it has become less dense, and it is still blocking Can't see that group of struggling figures.

Li Kui was the first to rush to the top of the city, and with a broad axe, he set off a bloody storm among Fang La's troops, but he was soon disgraced by the gunpowder arrows shot from all around, and shouted loudly.

Most of the gunpowder workshops in the Northern Song Dynasty were in the south, used to manufacture gunpowder arrows, artillery and other weapons. Jiangling Mansion was one of them, second only to the "Gunpowder Kiln Works" in Bianjing. In the bag.

However, Ling Zhen has not completely improved the artillery. The so-called firearm here is not the kind of shooting type that later generations thought, but mainly based on combustion performance, which still caused a lot of trouble to the Song army who attacked the city. trouble.

But maybe it was in mid-air, Wang Ying's spirit in the sky was looking at them and smiling. This time, the Song army was extremely brave, and they rushed into the enemy's line with the spit of gunpowder, tearing one gap after another.

"The thieves are going crazy!!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, a young general rushed out, it was Fang Jie who had killed Wang Ying, and rushed into the Song Army's ranks unstoppably.

"You are the bandits!!"

Zhang Qing was furious, and went forward with a sword and shield in his hand, and was shocked to find that he was no match for this young young man at all.

In fact, every Liangshan hero in the original book has good martial arts. Even the genius doctor An Daoquan has learned the stick. Although Zhang Qing ranks almost at the bottom, he is also a good fighter in the army.

But Fang Jie is a strong man at the level of the Five Tigers. In the original book, Qin Ming was caught by an opportunity and killed with a halberd. , was stabbed by the undercover Chai Jin, and then Yan Qing caught up with him and killed him with a single knife, which is considered a glorious defeat.

This time, Zhang Qing's strength was weakened and his heart was palpitating. Fortunately, Li Kui took it with his axe, and finally he was able to catch his breath.

Li Kui doesn't know how to fight with horses, and there are less battles before the formation. He is more suitable for killing in crowded places, and his combat power fluctuates greatly.

Just last night, Wang Ying's body was brought over. Although he could be buried in the ground for safety, Li Kui's eyes turned red when he thought of how this lively brother had become so quiet: "The thief takes his life!!"

Fang Jie, who was full of blood, also yelled, "I'm afraid you won't succeed!!"

"Out of the city to meet!"

Seeing that the morale of his own side was exhausted, and now the Song army that had climbed up could not suppress it, Wang Yin looked solemnly and gave the order decisively.

Except for the special situation in Xiangyang City, where you can sit firmly on the Diaoyutai, defending the city is not completely defending the city.

Just like when the Liao army besieged the Daming Mansion, Qin Ming also led his troops out to attack the camp at night, attacking the unprepared one.

It was the same at this time, the gate of Jiangling City suddenly opened, and thousands of Fang La soldiers came out with battle axes in their hands. Block the enemy's retreat.

"Attack!"

However, following the order of the black short man in the middle of the Song army, the military flag was waved, and a military horse that had been prepared for a long time rushed out. The leader was "Little Li Kui" Bao Xu, who also raised a double ax and rushed into the enemy army , Aoao hacking.

The Fang La army who had been killed was hit head-on, but fortunately there were reinforcements in the city to respond, so they reluctantly returned.

Seeing that the Song Army's offensive was still fierce, Wang Yin's face sank, his cloak fluttered behind him, and he stretched out his hand: "Take the weapon!"

When the minister of the Ministry of War went out in person, the troops led by Deng Fei suffered heavy casualties immediately, and gaps were torn in the defensive formation.

Realizing that the enemy general was ferocious and the Song army was weak, Zhang Qing yelled at Li Kui: "Tie Niu, I can't attack anymore, don't get entangled, let's go!"

"what--!!"

The crimson color in Li Kui's eyes faded slowly, and he roared up to the sky, his voice was like a wave, not only frightened Fang Lajun's face turned ashen, even Fang Jie was palpitated, watching the opponent lead the troops back.

"Such a fierce man can be the enemy of thousands of people. Song Jiang was born as a petty official, and he has recruited so many talents around him. No wonder he can be alone!"

"Hey...how long can Jiangling stay?"

Wang Yin watched the black whirlwind recede, exhaustion and worry appeared in his eyes.

As the seat of Jinghu North Road, Jiangling Mansion is evaluated as "fertile land, the most productive of rice and property", because it is located in the hinterland of Jianghan Plain, with flat terrain, fertile soil, and suitable climate, which indeed has advantages in agricultural production.

But obviously, such a city is typically easy to attack but difficult to defend.

Historically, during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Emperor Liang Yuan, the sixth monarch of Nanliang, was very determined, and his capital was Jiangling.

This emperor is not well-known, but his wife is more famous, "Although Xu Niang is old, she is still passionate", which is the source of the idiom "Milao Xu Niang", but the "Xu Niang" in the source itself is not beautiful, but ugly , when you are very old, you still like to have fornication. Later, it was gradually used to describe older and pretty women.

However, Emperor Liang and Yuan chose Jiangling as their capital for certain political reasons. This person was originally the king of Xiangdong in Zhenjiangling, and many of his subordinates were "Chu people". Jinling lost the support of the gentry in Jingzhou. Emperor Liang Yuan felt that the two sides were not happy, so he established his capital here.

So what is the price of establishing the capital Jiangling?

Three years later, Jiangling was captured by the Western Wei Dynasty. Emperor Liang Yuan was captured and suffocated to death with a soil bag.

The one-eyed dragon and the king of the green hat told the world with vivid negative examples that Jinling should be the capital of the south. Only there is the most suitable place to be the capital, and other places will not work.

Fang La has long had the idea of ​​becoming a king and establishing a system, but he has been slow to do so because the Jiangling Mansion is not suitable. Since he wants to achieve a great cause, he can't do it rashly.

But the problem now is that if the Song army continues to attack like this, they may even lose their nests, let alone grand plans...

At this time Fang Jie came to the front and said in a low voice: "Wang Shangshu, when will my uncle's army return? If we don't come back, we may not be able to hold on..."

Wang Yin looked at the demoralized defenders carrying the corpses on the tower, and hurriedly said loudly: "Don't worry, Shaolang, it must be the Song army who can't survive first. You can tell from the enemy generals, does anyone of you know about this Song Jiang?" ? This person is just a small official in Shandong, and it is precisely because Liu Fa defected to the enemy that the bandit court no longer trusts the other generals of the Western Army, so this person will be allowed to lead the army!"

Fang Jie nodded involuntarily, and the other soldiers relaxed after hearing this, until another personal guard rushed forward: "The prefect Zhu resisted the arrest stubbornly, and is in conflict, Shang Shu, hurry up!"

Wang Yin's expression changed immediately: "Let's go!"

As the Minister of the Ministry of War, he is responsible for defending the city and fighting, while Wang Qing, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, is in the stable city.

But when Wang Yin hurried to arrive, the magistrate Zhu Dan had already been captured. Wang Qing hurried over and said in the simplest words: "The small yamen was captured by Song Jiang, and he planned to rebel. He should cooperate internally and externally. I don't know if he should go down, but I dare not take any chances."

Wang Yin understood the cause and effect, took a deep breath, and felt very troubled.

This is almost the same as the predicament Yelu encountered when he had to execute the Han general who killed Yanyun.

From a rational judgment, they felt that the prefect of Jiangling, who had taken refuge in Fang La first, would not turn against him again, but they couldn't guarantee that nothing would go wrong.

So even Wang Yin couldn't fault Wang Qing's arrest, but when he actually walked in front of Zhu Dan, Wang Yin made the opposite decision to Yelu Dezhong: "Quickly release Zhu Shangshu!"

Everyone was stunned, the position of Shangshu was Fang La's promise, because Zhu Dan surrendered first, and was about to be appointed as Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites when he proclaimed the establishment of the king. At this time, he obviously supported it, and Wang Qing was the first to react, angrily shouting: "Not loose yet! "

The left and right finally loosened Zhu Dan, who was tied up with five flowers. Wang Yin helped him up, and said in a deep voice: "Zhu Shangshu is not angry about the king and mother, and is devoid of conscience. He is also grateful for the benevolence of the sage. Only then can the people of Jinghu live in peace today. Will it repeat?"

Zhu Dan burst into tears of gratitude as if he had been pardoned: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Shangshu!"

Wang Yin frowned. Recently, more and more people called him "Dawang Shangshu". This title is undoubtedly not good, and it feels too exalted. Qingdu was self-effacing, and he forcibly corrected him, but he appeared aggressive instead.

After consoling him for a while, he sent Zhu Dan back to the mansion in person. He pressed the center of his eyebrows wearily, and heard Wang Qing whisper: "Brother Yang Ping, I haven't considered this matter properly..."

Wang Yin shook his head: "That's not the case. I'm actually taking a big risk. If Zhu Dan really colludes with Song Jiang, with his prestige in the Jiangling Mansion, the consequences will be unimaginable... But my consideration is that even if I win this person now , It will also make people's hearts turbulent, and the morale of the city defenders will drop again. Compared with two evils, the lesser, I can only trust him!"

Wang Qing was silent for a moment, and asked, "Can the Holy Duke's army still fail to break through the bandit army's blockade?"

Wang Yin sighed and said: "Chong Shidao personally led the Western Army to stop the Shenggong in Xiazhou, Zhe Keshi still competed with General Shi for Ezhou, and this mere Songjiang River can pose such a big threat to our Jiangling, Zhang Dun is after all Be extraordinary, send out troops decisively, and conquer my heart firmly!"

Wang Qing said angrily: "I don't know why the Song army is so tough. We fought so hard that we both hurt, so that the Yan thief can easily win the south?"

Wang Yin narrowed his eyes slightly: "Zhang Dun's intention is that he wants to negotiate peace with Beiyan, but he is afraid of Shenggong's prestige in Jinghu, so he wants to destroy us first and rebuild the Jianghuai defense line, so that he has some qualifications to negotiate... "

Speaking of this, he felt a little embarrassed.

It is too humble for the imperial court to negotiate with the rebels and still need to obtain qualifications!
Wang Qing sneered and said: "If this is the case, Zhang Xianggong's thinking is naive. The Yan thief has already occupied the important area of ​​Xiangyang. Even if they want to break the horns of Jinghu and Jianghuai, they will not be able to fight with us even if they destroy us. It would be better for the Yan army to negotiate peace with us!"

Wang Yin frowned when he heard this: "These words are indeed reasonable, but the thief army... Song Ting probably doesn't think so!"

Wang Qing smiled wryly and said, "Yes, we all called that foolish king a mother-killer. They must have thought that we had resisted to the end, and that the Holy Duke had changed his title again..."

Wang Yindao: "The year name doesn't matter, the main reason is that we all thought that the other side would be tough to the end. If one side takes a step back first, under Beiyan's pressure, there is indeed a chance for a peaceful negotiation. This word will awaken the dreamer!"

In history, Shangla also called himself Shenggong, and his reign name was Yongle, but the imperial court still "delivered an imperial edict to appease Fang La", but Fang La did not respond, while Song Jiang in history surrendered and then rebelled. was completely annihilated.

I have to say that Song Ting was quite "magnanimous" in this regard, so there was a folk song "If you want to be an official, kill and set fire and be recruited", this largely represents the social atmosphere and general perception at that time .

In order to confirm the orthodoxy and buy people's hearts, Fang La used to publicize the mother-killing thief without any room for it. Wang Yin didn't think about it. Now he was reminded, but he was very moved: "If we can unite and deal with Beiyan together, It's a good strategy, even if it doesn't work, you can get a chance to breathe, so you can try it once or twice!"

Wang Qing's face changed slightly: "Brother Yang Ping, Sheng Gong has not returned, how can I be in charge of such a big matter?"

Just as he decided to release Zhu Dan just now, Wang Yin is obviously the one who can make a decision at a critical moment: "There are priorities, and now my situation in Jinghu is already in jeopardy. When Shenggong returns, I am afraid it will be too late. Are you willing to help Jiangling?" Take a trip?"

Wang Qing's complexion changed, and he waved his hands again and again: "I really don't dare to make a claim, not to mention that the 'Great Wang Shangshu' doesn't move. What qualifications do I have for this 'Little Wang Shangshu'?"

"What is the king's minister, the little king's minister, military advisor, why are you... oh!"

Wang Yin frowned, feeling that this strategist, who was very strategic before, was being too cautious at the critical moment, and said firmly: "Then I will step in. No matter what, Shenggong's foundation must be guarded. Even if there is any notoriety, I will Take it all together! Farewell!"

"Send Brother Yangping!"

Wang Qing watched Wang Yin striding away from the back, bowed his hands and saluted, raised his head after a while, the corners of his mouth raised, showing a hint of mockery: "Wang Yin, you are really loyal to Fang La, I don't know if he will understand when he comes back. What about your sincerity?"

What he didn't know was that a figure in a wide robe and long sleeves was watching calmly, and also shook his head secretly, showing a hint of mockery: "The little demon in the temple is very windy, and there are many kings in the shallow pool, just this small piece of Jinghu Lake , the fight was quite fierce, but is Song Ting going to make peace with the rebels again..."

　Thanks to the book friends "Passerby A's Soy Sauce", "Andy Lau aa", "Yang Yan", "Junior Class 22" for their rewards.

　　
　
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