Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 607 The Death of Wang Shu
Between the two counties of Yuzhang and Linchuan, where the three rivers converge, it is already the prosperous fringe of Jiangzhou, and further south is mostly barren hills and ravines, sparsely populated.The remnants of Wang Shu's army were stationed here. The hastily set up barracks were simple and distorted, and the soldiers appeared in panic. From time to time, there were guards and soldiers patrolling past the camp.

Around the big tent of the Chinese army in the barracks, there are hundreds of fierce soldiers arrayed, with armor and shields, bows and knives, and the entire big tent is completely protected.And in the open space outside the big tent, there were still a few generals, looking tired and anxious, frequently looking at the big tent not far away.

In the big tent, dozens of personal soldiers stood around the two sides of the tent door, holding their breath and concentrating, there was almost no sound, only their eyes were burning with energy.And on the straw mat in the front tent, Wang Yunzhi held the scabbard in his arms, his head rested in the pocket, and the breastplate was removed to the side. When the armor was still draped over his body, between his eyes half-closed and half-closed, the short beard under his jaw was like a hedgehog with the sound of breathing. Trembling.

Suddenly, there was an undetectable murmur from inside the tent, and the breaths of the soldiers suddenly stopped, and Wang Yunzhi also turned over suddenly, and after a moment of confusion, he hurriedly rushed into the inner tent: "Your Majesty is awake?"

"What time is it?"

Wang Shu half-lyed on the couch, with a strong tired look on his face, twisting with his body, his limbs and bones were in pain like iron chains piercing through.The pain caused him to groan again, but his thoughts cleared up a little. He raised his hand and pushed away the soldiers who wanted to help him, and his eyes fell on his son. The corners of his mouth trembled slightly, but he still couldn't smile Come out: "My son has worked hard."

"The time has passed!"

Wang Yun stepped forward, put his sword across the bed, and carefully supported his father with his arms around him, then reached out to take the soup that had been warming on the small stove, blew away the heat and put it on his father's mouth, whispering: "Please take care of yourself, sir." Don't worry about military affairs, you have your own general and share the labor with the other generals."

Wang Shu reluctantly took a sip of the bitter soup, and the scalding juice flowed down his throat, as if the power of the medicine really diffused to dispel the pain in his limbs and bones.He closed his eyes and thought about it for a while, and then a self-deprecating smile appeared on his face: "The old illness is useless. If my son hadn't risked his life to rescue him, he would have died in the camp last night..."

The corners of Wang Yunzhi's mouth trembled, but his throat was clogged with broken cotton, he couldn't make any sound, he just bowed his head and offered the medicine.

"Last night, Dingluan summoned the defeated crowd to return?"

After drinking a few sips of decoction, Wang Shu gradually felt that the pain was relieved, and then asked again.

"Two parts have returned..."

Wang Yunzhi's tone was slightly hoarse, and he did not tell the truth.At midnight last night, the Jingzhou army that was originally reported to be stationed in Jianchang suddenly appeared outside the Yuzhang camp and launched a night attack. This directly caused a large-scale camp roar. After being rescued, they ran all the way south, recruiting some random soldiers along the way.

After crossing the river, they settled down and counted their troops. There were originally more than [-] people, but now there are only [-] left, and except for the elite thousand of their own troops, the rest are all routs with no fighting spirit.Originally, there were still a few partial divisions who came in at night, but as the situation gradually became clear after dawn, they all led their divisions away with excuses.

Wang Shu just chuckled when he heard the words, and it doesn't really matter what his answer is now.In the past nearly a month or so, accidents happened one after another, and a large number of people in Jiangzhou fled, causing the people in Jiangzhou to be extremely chaotic.His forceful suppression only resulted in a larger exodus.

A large number of local people fled, and the direct consequence was that Wang Shu lost control of Jiangzhou as a whole in a very short period of time, and the government orders were completely paralyzed.The decree didn't work, which made him get twice the result with half the effort when summoning the Jiangzhou soldiers. In more than half a month, he only summoned the soldiers from the surrounding villages in Yuzhang.

At this time, the Jingzhou army had already settled in Xunyang and stood firm, and began to come south aggressively, posing a sweeping trend.At the same time, Shen Chong of East Yangzhou crossed the border and entered Poyang, directly destroying the nearly ten thousand new troops that Wang Yunzhi had assembled in Poyang!

From the very beginning, this defeat was doomed!The opponent had planned for a long time, responded promptly, and cooperated tacitly, and the repeated blows did not give him a chance to breathe!
As long as he is given three months... no, one month, as long as Wang Yunzhi's new army training is completed, he can stand firm in Poyang and block the Dongyang army from outside, Tao Kan will not dare to go south so quickly. Here, Yuzhang has the time and opportunity to organize a counterattack!

"I'm afraid Xigou has already entered Nanchang right now?"

Wang Shu turned his head and looked to the north, what he saw was only a corner of the tent, and his tone of voice was not lacking in melancholy and doubt.

During the whole incident, he was not curious about Yu Yi's blockade of Dajiang in Yuzhou, nor was he curious about Shen Chong's sudden attack on Poyang.What puzzled him the most was why Tao Kan came south so aggressively?This is not the old Xigou's style of doing things.

This time the three towns jointly launched an attack, neither East Yangzhou nor Wang Shu of Yuzhou was surprised.Shen Chong himself is used to rebellion, but Yu Yi from Yuzhou is no more than a middleman. If it weren't for Wuzhong raccoon's great help, it would be almost impossible to be appointed Fangbo.Now he has long been reduced to a minion of a raccoon dog, unable to stand on his own feet.

Among the three towns, the relationship between Jingjiang is the most tense, and Jingzhou is also the strongest.But in fact, not only did Wang Shu not regard Jingzhou as a threat, but Tao Kan's own existence was a guarantee for Wang Shu to consolidate his position.Not to mention that the existence of Jiangzhou itself is to restrain Jingzhou. In the current situation, apart from Wang Shu, there are not very good candidates who can effectively check and balance Tao Kan!

However, it was precisely because of this miscalculation that Wang Shu did not pay enough attention to the loophole of Xunyang, allowing the Jingzhou army to drive straight in and deal him a fatal blow!

Even now, Wang Shu still can't figure out Tao Kan's motives.Could it be that Tao Kan wanted to put himself to death just because of the rumor of killing the king?That Xi dog is old and cunning, if he was so loyal, he would have died decades ago!
If it wasn't for this, could it be that Tao Kan would be so naive as to think that by getting rid of himself, he would be able to take Jiangzhou into his arms?Isn't he afraid of going too far and becoming the target that everyone in Jiangdong wants to put to death?Even their Wang family can't maintain such a state of affairs for a long time, how dare this dog think so extravagantly!
Wang Shu was meditating with his eyes closed, when suddenly a rebellious energy surged up in his chest, causing him to cough again and again, and then his sick body twitched in pain, his face was extremely pale, and he almost rolled off the bed.

"Father……"

Seeing this, Wang Yunzhi rushed forward in a hurry, clapped his hands and stroked his father's trembling back.

"It's okay, it's okay..."

After coughing for a long time, Wang Shu finally relaxed a little, but his breathing became more disordered. He grabbed his son's wrist with his backhand, and said with a sad smile: "In the current situation, what should Shenyou think to do to resolve this disaster?"

Wang Yunzhi has been exhausted recently and has no time to think about this question. When he heard his father's question, he didn't know how to answer it for a while. After pondering for a while, he said: "Now there are still thousands of people in the army, and they are not lacking in fighting strength. Enter Linchuan in the south, take money and food from him, gather people from Luling and other counties and counties, and confront Jingzhou across the river. , there must be resentment. At that time, the stage must have been rewarded, and the rebuke will be issued, and its momentum will collapse by itself, and it will surely lose ground. Then gather the crowd to attack, and it will surely be a shame!"

After Wang Shu heard this, he couldn't help laughing, not because of how clever his son's strategy was, but because he saw that his son's fighting spirit had not been disintegrated until now, but the laughter turned a little sad at the end : "What if there is no news from Taichung?"

"How could it be? The eunuch protects him..."

After Wang Yunzhi heard the words, he said in a loud voice, and then saw that there was no lack of grayness in his father's eyes, and his mood sank suddenly.

Wang Shu took out a letter by himself, which was a letter from the Taibao that he had received earlier when he was still in Yuzhang. He had read this letter many times, and he had already memorized the contents, but recently he couldn't help but read it back and forth from time to time. But no matter how many times I watch it, I still feel like my heart is jumping.In particular, the large ink blots on the letter paper and the word "Zidu" at the end shocked him!
Wang Yunzhi took a quick glance at the letter after receiving it from his father, his face became extremely gloomy, and his teeth were clenched: "Self-restraint? What a self-restraint! When the Taibao lived for a long time, the person he relied on was never from any family. Sound protection, but all these things come from the mind outside the business! Such unreasonable words hurt..."

"If I say that this statement is not a slander, have you really done it for your father?"

Wang Shu looked at his son and said leisurely.

When Wang Yunzhi heard this, his shoulders shook suddenly, and his eyes were full of disbelief: "Father, father..."

"Shen You doesn't have to treat your father like this. It's nothing to be ashamed of. You have to remember that any great plan must be accomplished by many people. Any achievement or two is definitely not the work of one person. What you do for your father is nothing more than doing it. What many people want to do but dare not do. You have to learn more about that little raccoon from the Shen family. Do not rely on others in everything, and depend on others in everything. The measure of it is enough to measure in a lifetime ..."

Wang Shu grabbed his son's wrist and tried to muster up his energy before continuing, when suddenly there was a commotion outside the big tent.

Wang Yunzhi's face changed suddenly after hearing the sound, and he raised his hand, several soldiers stepped forward to protect Wang Shu, while he got up quickly, his armor was neatly put on during the operation, and he hurried out of the big tent.

Wang Shu half-lyed on the couch, his eyebrows were slightly twitched, he didn't seem to be vigilant because of the commotion outside the tent, but regretted that the gossip between father and son was interrupted.

After half an hour, Wang Yunzhi hurried in from outside the tent, holding a long cloth strip full of handwriting in his hand, handed it to his father after entering the tent, and said in a shy voice: "First, the light boat from the other side came here, now It has already spread throughout the army, and it cannot be collected..."

Wang Shu took the cloth strip and looked down, his eyes flashed sternly: "This is to put my father and son to death!"

The content of the banner was very simple, it just said that Wang Shu, the governor of Jiangzhou, could not calm the people and the land, and the Taige ordered him to step down and return to the capital.Tao Kan, the governor of Jingzhou, made great contributions to calming the chaos and temporarily took charge of Jiangzhou.

"This is definitely not true, you dog is cheating!"

Seeing his father's face turn livid, Wang Yunzhi quickly said: "Father, don't worry, I will immediately gather everyone to go south to Linchuan, please be patient for a while, and wait until Linchuan to be a long-term caregiver..."

"Shenyou..."

Seeing that his son was about to leave, Wang Shu called out, the corners of his mouth twitched for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "Keep in mind your current state of mind, and don't make any mistakes in the future."

Wang Yunzhi was stunned for a moment, then nodded, and hurried out of the account.

Wang Shu listened intently to his son's step away, and after a while he waved to the guard: "Give me the knife."

"My lord..."

Hearing this, the personal guard hurriedly knelt on the ground, but seeing Wang Shu's eyes turned sharp, he took off his saber and presented it with both hands.

"Tell my son, there is no need to go to Linchuan, and I will send my father back to the capital later. The dogs don't dare to do harm, and the raccoons don't dare to do harm..."

Wang Shu stretched out his fingers and stroked the edge of the blade. After speaking, the blade turned and brushed across his neck!
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"Wang Chuming died? How did he die?"

Upon learning of Wang Shu's death, Shen Chong was still on his march from Poyang to Yuzhang.

It was Tao Kan who was in charge of Pei Rongzhi who came to report the news. Seeing Shen Chong's eyebrows frowned with displeasure on his face, he quickly lowered his head and said: "Five days ago in the south of Yuzhang County, it was said that he was injured and died in the chaos. His son Wang Yunzhi was temporarily in charge of him. Headquarters, raise a message to the Taiwei, begging to make way for the funeral..."

After Shen Chong heard the words, he pondered for a while, and then said: "Mr. Tao just believes what Ruzi said? Why don't you take the opportunity to sweep up the southern counties?"

When Pei Rongzhi heard this, his face suddenly became embarrassed. It's really hard to talk about it. Do you want to question Wang Yunzhi's joke about his father's life?Do you want to cut off the head to show the three armies?
Seeing that Pei Rongzhi remained silent, Shen Chong also felt a little slip of the tongue.I was really depressed. I didn't expect Wang Shu to die so simply. The original plan was that the Wang family and his son would fight in the corner and turn around to the southern counties.

It turned out to be good now, he had just finished rectifying Poyang here, but Wang Shu died there, so what excuse is there to gallop south and chase after him?After all, in name, the entire Jiangzhou is still Tao Kan's post-war profit.

After thinking about it for a long time, Shen Chong was unwilling to return to Poyang after all. After holding back for a long time, he said: "The current chaos in Jiangzhou has caused too much damage. It's surprising that people like Wang Chuming hate the Southwest. No wonder Yuzhang Yang Pengzu ran into the county poorly and begged me to help. Since Tao Gong has already entered the town, he must have settled the chaos. But I was also invited by Yang Pengzu, so it is not good to return before I arrive, and the gift should be sent back to the town."

You might as well just say you didn't get enough!

After Pei Rongzhi heard the words, he was already slandering in his heart. He glanced at the pitiful lamb squatting in the prison car among the soldiers behind Shen Chong, and thought to himself that this is the so-called courtesy.

"The Taiwei also knows that the envoy Shen is working hard, so he has already prepared the military funds, and he will be escorted here from the town later. Because he is afraid that the envoy will have to work hard, he dare not invite him."

"We are both state affairs, so why should we be afraid of hard work if we take this position? If it weren't for the fact that there are more than [-] rioters in Poyang who need to be appeased urgently, I should go south as soon as possible, so that Duke Tao will not be alone. Escort. How about this, I will ask Yucang, who is temporarily in charge of our department, to go south with him, and if the money is needed, he can pick it up by himself."

While speaking, Shen Chong waved to Yu Tiao behind him, and said, "Thank you, Yucang Bunan, to thank Tao Gong, and tell Tao Gong that the more than [-] cross-border thieves have all been suppressed and collected, so there is no need to use this as an excuse." worry."

Yu Tiao came out to lead the command, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Judging by the word used by others, the cross-border thieves do not belong to Jiangzhou.There are also all included, so don't forget this when rewarding the army.Working behind Shen Chong during this period of time, he can be regarded as seeing where Shen Zhezi's talent of squeezing water out of stones in the capital came from.

Now that Tao Kan has already made a promise, Shen Chong is no longer in a hurry to go south, and he also understands that he will accept it as soon as he sees it. After all, Jingzhou fought the few commendable tough battles this time.After he led his troops into Poyang, he basically didn't move much. He and Yu Yi took advantage of the convenient water transportation to go upstream along the river and recruited a group of Jiangzhou soldiers in advance.

This is also because Tao Kan is really unpopular, a large number of people from Jiangzhou flocked to the east, and these people from the countryside shouted, this advantage is really not in vain.

Changing careers and returning to Poyang, Shen Chong met Yu Yi from the south, and said that Wang Shu's death was unavoidable.Wang Shu's death was so straightforward, which was beyond their expectations, and there was a sense of unfinished business.

After more than half a month, Yu Tiao, who went south to escort the grain and grass supplies, returned. It seems that Tao Kan got a lot of money this time, and he didn't discount his reward.In fact, Shen Chong didn't have any idea about it. The resources in Dongyangzhou were only a lot more than those in Jiangzhou, and he found it troublesome to transport them back.The reason why Tao Kan was blackmailed was mainly to save some capital for his son.He has always known that his son has the obsession to do things for the north, so naturally no amount of money and food is too much.

Yu Tiao returns, accompanied by the Wang family's funeral procession.Although there was still opposition before, but now that everyone is dead, it is reasonable and reasonable to pay a visit to the remains.

At this time, Wang Shu's headquarters in Jiangzhou had already been disbanded, but the mourning team was still huge. In addition to nearly a thousand songs from the Wang family's direct line, there were also more than a thousand escort teams prepared by Tao Kan.A total of 2000 people, all dressed in plain onyx, came from the south.

Shen Chong and Yu Yi joined hands to worship, and saw Wang Yun who was knelt beside the coffin and bowed respectfully, Shen Chong whispered to Yu Yi: "This son is fierce and treacherous!"

Yu Yi nodded after hearing the words. Although he and Wang Yunzhi belong to two generations, the age gap is not that big. He understands that Wang Yunzhi has something extraordinary: "Wang Chuming also took great pains to keep his son."

Shen Chong sneered after hearing the words, stepped forward to hold the coffin, and tried to push it away, but turned to look at Wang Yunzhi next to the coffin, but saw Wang Yunzhi's eyebrows suddenly raised, and then he lowered his head and buried his head between his arms. Don't give Shen Chong a chance to take the opportunity to attack.

Yu Yi gently tugged at Shen Chong's belt, and then Shen Chong nodded slightly and walked out of the mourning hall.Seeing Tao Zhen who was in charge of the escort standing on one side, Shen Chong sighed, "Do you know where Wang Chuhong and his son Shen Jiang are?"

Tao Zhen stood up in a hurry after hearing the words, and replied: "The big ship prepared this time is stable, and there is absolutely no danger of sinking into the river."

"Xi Gou is old and timid after all, he has extravagance!"

Watching the team slowly go away, Shen Chong stood beside the road and sighed.Tao Kan sent so many people to escort him, probably because he was worried that he would have evil thoughts.But things have reached this point, is there still room for change?Even if he wanted to, with Jingzhou's forces surrounding it, he would have no chance to make a move.

After hearing the words, Yu Yi couldn't help grimacing, thinking that everyone has an excellent son like you, and he can bring back the plot of rebellion?Tao Kan is over seventy years old, even if he doesn't worry about his life, he will worry about his death.

　Awaited. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)