Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 911 Zhao Song: It's obviously a struggle for hegemony from all sides, why don't I have a name?

"Please!"

In the big tent, Sichuan and Sichuan envoys Meng Yue and Li Zhu sat in the guest seats, Fang La sat in the main seat, accompanied by a group of generals including Li Tianrun and Si Xingfang, and had dinner together.

In the army, food is not particular, which is fine, but Meng Yue was really shocked when he saw that Fang La and every general did not drink a drop of alcohol.

The army of Zhao and Song Dynasties had a long-term problem of drinking, making troubles with alcohol, fighting with alcohol, injuring people and killing their lives, and repeated prohibitions. The imperial court issued a ban on this, but the problem has not been resolved at all.

Because although there is a law prohibiting alcohol, it only applies to soldiers and low-level generals. High-level generals take the lead in drinking and indulge their subordinates.

The result is the same as the law prohibiting gambling in the Song Dynasty. It is the same as if it is banned or not. The bad habits in the army can be imagined.

Even Yue Fei was "reckless with alcohol" in his early years. He once forced his subordinates to compete in martial arts because of drunkenness, and almost beat him to death. Zhao Bingyuan, who had recovered his life, never wanted to be under Yue Fei's command again, and went to Liu Guangshi after recuperating for several months. Zhao Gou specifically warned Yue Fei, "Fei will not drink from now on."

In such a big environment, Fang La's military discipline is amazing.

But Meng Yue didn't know that, in the eyes of many middle and lower level generals, they had already found someone to recruit, so they would naturally be able to bear it for the last time.

When the dinner was over, he and Li Zhu returned to the tent, but they began to discuss in a low voice: "Fortunately, my lord is in Sichuan and Shu, and outsiders are not allowed to enter. Otherwise, there is this Shenggong in Jingzhou. what!"

Li Zhu took off the sword from his waist and wiped it lightly: "Brother Meng's words are reasonable, but I was thinking that such a strong army is still stopped at the city of Xiangyang, who can restore Yanyun and force the Liao army to pay tribute Yan Jun, what strength should it be?"

But Meng Yue didn't understand the meaning behind the words, and hurriedly said: "Anyway, Shu is safe, we can't stay for a long time, let's go back when we have a chance!"

Li Zhu asked in a deep voice: "Brother Meng is going to remonstrate with the Heavenly King after going back, and ignore the dispute between Jing and Xiang?"

Only then did Meng Yue hear the disapproval in his words, and persuaded him in a low voice: "You and I have taken on important responsibilities when we go on an envoy, if we go back and persuade the king of heaven to send troops, in case of defeat, in the future, in the land of Sichuan and Shu Have a foothold? No fault is merit!"

Li Zhu fell silent and frowned secretly: "This is just a way to wait for death. If you don't take the initiative to attack now, when the Yan army unifies the world, relying on the corner of Sichuan and Shu, you will definitely lose if you keep it for a long time!"

Li Zhu in the original book is the number one fierce general under Wang Qing's command. They couldn't resist, and finally Gongsun Sheng used magic to knock down the sword and was captured.

Today's Li Zhu has not waited to turn to Wang Qing, he has already entered Sichuan to challenge the masters from all walks of life, no one can pass the ten swords under his hands, and was appreciated and reused by Yang Tianwang, but after a detour, he was still persuaded by Wang Qing who entered Sichuan , and I also feel that the land of Sichuan and Shu should not wait for death passively, but should take the initiative to attack at the right time, and then they will go out together.

However, such main fighters are a minority in Sichuan and Shu, so the first target Li Zhu wants to persuade is Meng Yue.

Meng Yue is a friend of Yang Tianwang's hometown, he rebelled with him, and won trust, similar to the relationship between Wang Yin and Fang La, but Meng Yue's ability is far inferior to Wang Yin.

This is also an advantage. Once people like Wang Yina decide something, it is often difficult to shake it, and Meng Yue just doesn't want to take responsibility. Li Zhu is ready to wait for the opportunity, find a good entry point, and change the other party's mind.

The opportunity came quickly.

In the early morning of the second day, Meng Yue wanted to see for himself how Fang La's army attacked Xiangyang City, and whether they fought back and forth with the opponent, and then got an unexpected news: "Fang La's army captured a A spy from Beiyan?"

Zheng Biao, who accompanied him, said: "This is a common thing. Yan Jun likes to use spies. Yan Ting has a governor's mansion with four departments. Among them, the Secret Department is dedicated to stealing information from all parties. It's so much better!"

Meng Yue complimented: "No matter how powerful you are, you will be captured by your army?"

Zheng Biao showed pride: "Of course, if there is no Sheng Gong, those northern barbarians would still look down on us southerners!"

Meng Yue sounded a little uncomfortable, but after all, it was indeed Fang La who was fighting against Yan Jun, so he could only laugh dryly.

Zheng Biao excitedly extended the invitation: "Meng Envoy wants to sit in on the interrogation? Look at how ugly those spies are in front of us, begging for mercy!"

"Okay... okay!"

With the previous foreshadowing, Meng Yue couldn't refuse, otherwise the Shu people would be too courageous, so they could only call Li Zhu and go to the interrogation tent.

"Crack-crack-!!"

"Don't fight, I have already explained, what do you want me to say?"

As soon as he arrived outside the tent, he heard wailing and begging for mercy from inside. The accent was obviously from Hebei, and Zheng Biao immediately showed a sarcasm: "These northerners are nothing more than that!"

After entering the tent, I saw that the interrogator in person was Pang Wanchun, one of the four generals, and he whipped up with a whip, beating a man covered in bruises to howl, and said sharply: "Don't pretend to be stupid with this general!" In a daze, tell me how much money your armies want to seize!"

The man tremblingly said: "The little one has already explained that the Weiyuan Army will offer millions of guan, and the other commanders, the young one doesn't know either!"

Pang Wanchun whipped his whip again, and shouted angrily: "Stop pretending, the top ten commanders of the Yan Army, since you know the Weiyuan Army, how can you not know the others? Is it true that everyone is treated equally, or is there a difference between closeness and closeness? There are discussions, it seems that those of you who inquire about information can't understand it the most!"

Meng Yue was listening beside him, but he didn't know the system of the Yan Army, so he asked curiously, "Who is this Weiyuan Army?"

Zheng Biao explained in a low voice: "The Yan Army has ten commanders who are divided into ten armies. The Weiyuan Army is under the command of Qin Ming. This person is from Kaizhou behind the mountain, and he is also from your Shu area..."

Meng Yue gasped when he heard this: "This Yan army is so cruel! If each army wants to search for millions of riches, wouldn't the ten army want tens of millions... Wait, this Qin Ming is from Sichuan and Sichuan. , the future will definitely be unfavorable to my Shu land!"

This is true, just as Hu Yanzhuo is from Hedong, let him lead the army to pacify Hedong, any general of any background will often receive miraculous effects when he pacifies the corresponding area. In the future, Qin Ming must be one of the generals to attack Shu.

But what the spy said next made Meng Yue absolutely unacceptable: "The little one didn't deliberately inquire about the news, but heard that the Shu people had worms in their stomachs, and wondered if Commander Qin was like this, so he paid special attention to it... "

Meng Yue was stunned at first, then his face flushed suddenly, and he jumped out angrily: "You Qiuba! What nonsense!"

Break the defense.

During the Song Dynasty, there was a popular saying, "Fujian and Shu share the same wind, but there are worms in their stomachs." Shu is Sichuan and Fujian is Fujian. These two regions are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, but they are discriminated against together.

This statement should be reflected from the text at first. The structure of the two characters "Min" and "Shu" both contain the word "Cong". The Central Plains scholar-bureaucrats often use "Min Shu" to insinuate the people of Fujian and Shu in the court. People from Shu regard them as inferior. Zhang Dun is also from Fujian, and they are all worms in their stomachs.

This was originally a kind of ridicule by scholars, but after it gradually spread, it became a more common discrimination.

To be precise, the regional discrimination in ancient times was actually more intense than that of later generations. People in the north thought the people in the south were treacherous, and people in the south despised the people in the north. They were barbaric, and then labels were attached to each region. Not very pleasing to the eye.

That's why Fang La used to call himself Southern Chu, and specifically called Yan Beiyan, in the hope that this folk sentiment of North-South opposition would help him unite people's hearts and unite the southern soldiers to his side.

Now Meng Yue is very offended, especially when he said "Shu people have worms" from the mouth of a prisoner, which made him feel embarrassed and came out angrily. Li Zhu looked at it, raised the corners of his eyes slightly, and quickly followed leave.

When the two envoys from Sichuan and Shu left, Pang Wanchun immediately supported the man and said in a low voice, "I've suffered!"

Meng Yue didn't know that he was cheated, so he went back to the tent angrily, took a step back and thought more and more angrily: "Northern barbarians, you're bullying too much! You're bullying too much!"

Li Zhu knew that the opportunity had come, and took the opportunity to say, "I'm afraid that within five years, the people who will rule Sichuan and Sichuan will be those northerners who regard Sichuan as human beings!"

"Five years?"

Meng Yue changed color: "This statement is exaggerated!"

Li Zhu said: "In terms of natural dangers, the land of Sichuan and Shu is as solid as gold, but the Yan army is good at infiltrating spies. If we send spies into Sichuan and Shu to instigate local opponents, what should we do?"

Meng Yue pursed his lips.

This is actually a test of whether Yang Tianwang's rule is stable.

If it was a year ago, he was quite confident, the people supported him, and the officials surrendered, which seemed to be a prosperous situation.

But since he laid down the territory, this Heavenly King Yang has quickly degenerated, building large-scale construction projects, building palaces, greedy for pleasure, extravagant and lustful, especially fond of jewelry, even the toilet is inlaid with seven treasures, to the point of extreme exaggeration.

As for Jiu'an in the middle of Shu, after having a new master, the powerful class began to have fun again, and the common people once again lived in dire straits.

Although Meng Yue is not a genius of Wang Zuozhi, he also likes to enjoy jewelry, but looking at the restraint of Fang La's upper and lower troops, and comparing it with the land of Shu, it is really difficult to have the confidence to say that the Shu army can really be as solid as gold, and will not repeat the same thing as the Sixties of the Later Shu The mistake of being wiped out in six days.

But he thought about it, and sighed again: "Even if we go back and persuade the king to send troops, he will definitely not want to. This trip is just a perfunctory one or two!"

Li Zhu had already thought about it: "If the Shu army is sent to fight against the Yan army, the king may not want to, but our army can go down the river and trap the Yan army in Xiangyang, let Fang La free his hand, and go north to confront the Yan army. , This is sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, how can you not be happy?"

Meng Yue was startled: "Fang La won't agree?"

Xiangyang is a nail. This city is in the hands of the enemy, which is equivalent to opening the door of your own house, allowing people to come in and out. Now this nail cannot be removed, but it can be surrounded and cut off from the Yan army. Go north to take the initiative.

But in this way, it is equivalent to entrusting the vital points of the hinterland to someone else. If Yang Tianwang's army has evil thoughts, they can go straight into Jinghu Lake and seize Fang La's foundation.

So Meng Yue felt that Fang La would not accept it.

Li Zhu said lightly: "It depends on whether Fang La has the courage. If he wins the hearts of the people in Jinghu, he is not afraid that the king will invade the foundation in a short time. However, he is suppressed by the Yan army. Sooner or later he will die. It is better to fight for this." A key opportunity to turn defeat into victory!"

Meng Yue pondered for a while, and felt that this method is quite good: "This is feasible. Fang La defeated the Yan army, and we benefited from Sichuan and Shu. Fang La was defeated by the Yan army. We can also retreat from the river and return to Shu. No loss, such an alliance to send troops, the king will agree!"

Li Zhudao: "Brother Meng agrees, then I will lobby!"

Meng Yue cupped his hands and saluted: "Please!"

After three days of "grinding", Li Zhu brought back good news: "Fang La agrees, but please call the king the king of Shu, and he the king of Wu. The alliance between Shu and Wu will fight against Yan Ting in the Central Plains!"

Meng Yue raised his eyebrows: "This is a good thing!"

What Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, wouldn't that be too bad luck!
It is clearly the alliance of Shu and Wu, and the battle of Chibi will be staged again, and the powerful Cao Wei who dominates the Central Plains will be crushed!
……

"Fang La called Wu and formed an alliance with Shu, where will our court be located?"

In the Song army camp, after receiving the letter, Zhang Dun, Zhe Keshi, Zhong Shidao and Song Jiang were all silent.

In terms of territory, Zhao Song is currently limited to the Jiangnan generation, they are Wu, and now Fang La snatched the title of king?
wrong……

They are not Wu, Zhao Song is orthodox!
It is obviously a battle for hegemony between the four forces, and the three gangs of rebels are fighting happily. Why can't we feel a sense of participation?
"If Bandit Yang from Sichuan and Shu really leads troops to reinforce, this will be the biggest battle in the South against Yan!"

Compared with Fang La, Zhang Dun's judgment is clearer: "If this battle is successful, it will be able to curb the opponent's momentum going south and win the opportunity for joint governance between the north and the south. If this battle fails, within two years, the world will definitely be unified again! "

Zhe Keshi and Zhong Shidao said in a deep voice, "Mr. Zhang, what should we do?"

Zhang Dun didn't make a rash decision, and looked at Song Jiang: "How is the news from the north?"

Ever since he misjudged the purpose of the Yan army's capture of Xiangyang last time, Zhang Dun realized that Song Ting could no longer maintain a state of ignorance, and sent a large number of scouts to the north as soon as the war with Fang La's army ceased.

However, Song Jiang, a general who had been captured and released by "Zuo Ming", was in charge of intelligence, so it can be said that he was very trustworthy.

At this time, the loyal black Saburo hurriedly submitted the most important information. After carefully reading it twice, Zhang Dun murmured: "Yanjing is taking the imperial examination, and the provincial examination is about to end. Have you seen his first batch of disciples inside?"

Having said that, Zhang Dun's eyes lit up, he stood up against the case, and said decisively: "When the Yan army and Fang La confront each other, this is a golden opportunity. Let's go straight to Bianliang!"

(End of this chapter)