Chaos in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 91
All the Zhongyong soldiers are soldiers with a solid foundation in martial arts, and their marching speed is far faster than that of ordinary troops.

In less than half a month, they have already arrived in Xiangyang, which is almost half of the journey.

However, when Xiangyang entered Shu, the distance was about the same, but when entering the mountainous area, the speed was estimated to be only half that of the march from Jiankang to Xiangyang.

On this day, the army was setting up camp outside Xiangyang City, and the prefect of Xiangyang sent someone to invite Guan Ziyang to enter the city for a talk.

Xiangyang is Huan Wen's territory, he didn't want to cause trouble, but he was approached by someone, and he really wanted to meet this person.

The prefect of Xiangyang was named Deng Xia, the son of Deng Yue, the governor of Guangzhou.

At the beginning, he joined the army as Huan Wen, and he conquered Cheng Han with Huan Wen. He made great achievements in battle.

"Taiping Yulan" records: "There are Jiaos in the Mian water in the north of Xiangyang City, which are often harmed by people. Deng Xia then drew his sword and entered the water, and the Jiaos circled his feet. Deng Xia swung the sword to intercept several sections of Jiaos and came out."

After Deng Xia's death, the villagers still remembered him and thanked him for beheading dragons and eliminating harm. Because he had served as the general of Erlang, they set up Erlang Temple to worship him and regarded him as the god of Erlang.

This is the prototype of Erlang God.

A general, as long as posterity mythizes him, he must be an extraordinary figure.

Although he is from Huan Wen, Guan Ziyang remembers that in history, after Huan Wen was defeated in the Battle of Fangtou, Huan Wen felt ashamed and resentful. Because Deng Xia was too brave, he was afraid that Deng Xia would cause chaos in the future, so he dismissed Deng Xia from his position, which caused Deng Xia died of depression.

It is enough to show that the two may only be in harmony.

So Guan Ziyang wanted to make some friends, so he took Luo Ding to Xiangyang City, leaving Qin Kuan and Li Bin in the camp to arrange the camp.

The first time Guan Ziyang saw him, he felt extraordinary. He was more than eight feet tall, with a burly figure and a heroic posture. He had a beautiful beard reaching his neck, a pair of copper bells and big eyes without anger and prestige, and he had the air of Zhang Fei.

When Deng Xia saw Guan Ziyang coming into the house, he hurriedly went to see him.

"Deng Xia, the prefect of Xiangyang, my next official, see the governor."

Although Guan Ziyang, the governor of the Beifu army, is an empty shell, but he is worthy of the name of first rank, several ranks higher than him, so he is commensurate with the lower rank.

Seeing that Deng Xia treated each other with courtesy, unlike all the officials in Jiankang, they did not despise him because of his status as a commoner, so he was flattered and hurriedly helped Deng Xia up.

"Mr. Deng is very polite. Today I can meet the number one general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He is indeed very heroic!"

After some politeness, the two chatted a few words about entering Shuping Xiao Jingwen.

"Xiao Jingwen is incapable of governing the army. Most of the soldiers under him are rapers and robbers. But he himself has been on the "Martial Arts Master Ranking" for many years, and he is a strong opponent. His subordinates are willing to help the commander-in-chief. However, there is no military order, so he dare not overstep. I also hope that the governor will deal with it carefully."

After Deng Xia reminded him kindly, Guan Ziyang was not sure what he meant.

"This Deng Xia obviously intends to curry favor with me..."

So Guan Ziyang tentatively said: "Hey, that's a pity, if there is the help of the Xifu army, how can Zitong County be so arrogant for so long."

Deng Xia was taken aback for a moment, and understood the meaning of Guan Ziyang's words: "Hey, what the governor said is true, but at this moment the [-] troops from Xifu have already flowed down the river and entered Wuchang."

Guan Ziyang was startled: "General Huan has stationed troops in Wuchang?"

"Exactly!"

"I don't care about the rebellion in central Shu. General Huan is still in the mood to go east to Wuchang. I don't know what it means?" The Northern Expedition of the imperial court.

Deng Xia chuckled: "Is it possible that I can fathom the wisdom of General Zhengxi, but I am thinking that it should be related to the great cause of the Northern Expedition."

Guan Ziyang continued to pretend to be dazed: "General Yin Hao may have been kicked out of the shelves..."

Deng Xia: "..."

Speechless, Deng Xia thought to himself: "You still ask, don't you think this topic is embarrassing?"

In fact, Huan Wen forced the imperial court to make a Northern Expedition, no matter what he was making money, the imperial court sent him to the Northern Expedition, and he came back with a great victory. The Sima family may not be able to sit firmly on the throne. The imperial court sent Yin Hao to the Northern Expedition, which would only weaken the imperial court’s military strength .

Now that Huan Wen has moved to Wuchang, Yin Hao's Northern Expedition is imminent, and the court Huan Wen is not idle, so Xiao Jingwen probably will relax his vigilance, this is his good opportunity.

Deng Xia stayed with Guan Ziyang for a meal, and arranged for a few dancers to add to the fun. Now Guan Ziyang only wanted to go to Zitong County as soon as possible, so he left in a hurry after dinner.

Before leaving, Deng Xia finally explained the purpose of coming.

"The governor will rebuild the Beifu army in the future, and my subordinates are willing to serve for the Northern Expedition!"

Deng Xia knew very well that Huan Wen was clamoring for the Northern Expedition every day, but in fact he was fully committed to the Eastern Expedition, and his wolfish ambitions were already evident.

Staying in Xifu, apart from helping the tyrant, he had no chance to fulfill his ambition to expel the Tartars in the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.

And Guan Ziyang has just been named the governor of the Beifu Army. The imperial court's intentions cannot be more obvious. The Xifu Army will not be used by the imperial court. The soldiers of other powerful feudal clans must always be on guard against Huan Wen. The real task of the Northern Expedition must fall on the Beifu Army. shoulders.

"Deng Xia took the initiative to invite me to meet, because he wanted to switch to my Beifu army!" Although Guan Ziyang was surprised, he said without changing his expression.

"Prefect Deng was joking. The army of Xifu is strong and strong, not better than my bare general Beifu Army, hahaha."

Deng Xia also said with a smile: "As long as the governor of Guan remembers to step down, it's fine. My father and the commander have a strong friendship. When the time comes to the Beifu army, I hope the governor will let me stand on your shoulders."

After speaking, he actually bowed to Guan Ziyang.

"Ah this!"

"The veteran Daoist Ge Hong was actually involved. It seems that Deng Xia knows me quite well? But apart from the Xie family, who else knows that Ge Hong is my master?"

Besides Ge Hong himself, who else? It is likely that Ge Hong revealed it to his father, Deng Yue, governor of Guangzhou.

In fact, it is not certain that the Beifu army will belong to him by then?

Mostly I just made wedding dresses for Xie's family.

"A fierce general like Deng Xia must be used by me."

"But Luo Ding is on the sidelines, we can't let Xie's family know that he already has the heart to set up his own family."

Guan Ziyang helped Deng Xia up: "Since Governor Deng wants to quit, I, Guan Ziyang, will take over. I hope General Deng will help me a lot in the future."

Deng Xia was overjoyed: "Thank you, Commander-in-Chief!"

"I only said to help me, but I let you enter the Beifu without saying anything..." Guan Ziyang said in his heart.

Guan Ziyang returned to the military camp outside the city and ordered two cows and two sheep to be slaughtered.

All the soldiers ate meat and drank heavily, just at the time when they were feeling happy, Guan Ziyang took the opportunity to mobilize the soldiers.

"Great Sima Huanwen's army went down the river to Wuchang. General Yin Hao of the Chinese Army rushed to the north. Xiao Jingwen must relax his vigilance. This is our great opportunity to make contributions, right now!"

"Starting tomorrow, march at full speed, and strive to reach Zitong within half a month!"

"Kill him by surprise and kill him with one blow!"

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

"..."

Guan Ziyang's speech received enthusiastic responses from all the soldiers.

With the Empress Dowager's order, they, this group of homeless disciples attached to Xie's family, finally have a place to play!
Everyone has a heart to make contributions!
The children of the common people can be the governor, so what is impossible!
(End of this chapter)