Traveling to Xianwu

Chapter 60 The Dust Settles
"The old beggar sent a message to the Quanzhen sect. He thought it was some of your senior brothers who came, but he didn't expect it to be you. But thanks to this, otherwise it would not be easy for me to get out of the barracks. My old beggar accepts your love, if anyone needs help in the future, old beggar, I will definitely not refuse!"

Hong Qigong thanked Shen Chengping again, and then told the whole story: Not long ago, news came from the beggar gang of the Kingdom of Jin, saying that the Jin soldiers on the border of the Shu-Han were acting abnormally, and they repeatedly crossed the border to cause harm. The people of the Song Dynasty.At the same time, there was also news from the Chuanshu beggars' sub-helm, saying that an envoy from the Kingdom of Jin was accidentally found haunting the mansion of a high-ranking official in Sichuan and Shu. , At the same time, let the Sichuan and Shu sub-helmsmen watch over the few Song officials who had envoys from the Kingdom of Jin.

As the news continued to gather and spread, Hong Qigong and the top leaders of the Beggar Gang felt more and more that there was a conspiracy, so they sent a message to the Quanzhen Sect, and at the same time sent the elite of the Beggar Gang to the Hanzhong area to help the Song border army deal with the Jin soldiers harassing the border At the same time, he personally went out to explore the camp, but he was discovered just as he touched the edge of the Chinese army's tent, and Shen Chengping knew everything after that.

"Then Master Hong figured out the plot of the Jin people?" Shen Chengping felt that the beggars' affairs were a little out of order. There are a lot of people in the gang, but if they fight against the army like this, I am afraid that the loss will not be small.

"Although it's just a few words, it's almost a good guess!" Hong Qigong stared wide-eyed, and said through gritted teeth: "Jin Kingdom has been preparing for several years, intending to instigate against the officials of Sichuan and Shu in the Song Dynasty, and wants to swallow the entire Sichuan and Shu in one go. In the worst case, with the cooperation of the traitors, we must send troops to take down the important land in Hanzhong!"

Shen Chengping did not expect Jin Guo to have such an appetite, but he is also a person who has experienced major events. After being a little surprised, he calmed down immediately, and then said: "But I don't know what's the plan of Chief Hong?"

"Hmph, I already know that General Zhang in Hanzhong is the one who secretly surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin. I will kill him when I go back. At that time, there will be no internal support. Given the danger of Hanzhong, the troops of the Kingdom of Jin will not want to break through!"

"This is also a way!" Shen Chengping frowned and said, "It's just that if you kill that general, the army will be in chaos, and it may be easier for the Jin army to take advantage of it?"

"Don't worry about this!" Hong Qigong said with a smile, "I just heard their conversation. That General Zhang's deputy was very tough on Jin Guo, and he didn't approve of General Zhang surrendering to the Jin people. With him, the Song army would be in chaos. Don't get up!"

"That's good!" Hearing what Hong Qigong said, Shen Chengping heaved a sigh of relief. He was most afraid that Hong Qigong would act recklessly. Many people in the world do not understand the art of war and politics, so it is very easy to do bad things with good intentions. Hong Qigong can Taking this into consideration, it is also because the Beggar Gang has helped Song Dynasty fight against the Kingdom of Jin many times, and has experience in this area, so these low-level mistakes will not occur.

In fact, Shen Chengping reckons that the effect of Jin Guo’s overthrowing Sichuan and Shu officials this time will not be very high. After all, those Sichuan and Shu executives in the Song Dynasty are already in high positions and hold important powers. What more benefits would there be? How could they surrender directly and contact the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin, but they did not want to offend the Kingdom of Jin. As a breakthrough, occupying Hanzhong and then threatening Sichuan and Shu, it is good to gain something, and there is nothing if there is no gain. Hong Qigong is going to kill General Zhang.

Having made a judgment on the whole matter, Shen Chengping did not continue to intervene, but quietly waited for news at the border. He believed that with Hong Qigong's action, that General Zhang would surely die. The news of General Zhang's death came. His lieutenant general took over the army and quickly stabilized the morale of the army. Jin Guo returned after many trials without success. In the end, he had no choice but to give up. When all the dust settled, he was already It is two months later.

After returning to Quanzhen Sect, Shen Chengping also got news from Yang Kang. It turned out that after Yang Kang joined the army, he was not in a hurry to make meritorious service. He led the army to strangle the bandits on the border first, and the people under his command now looked like an army. Compared with Wanyan Siyi who wanted to make a fortune, Yang Kang fought steadily from the beginning, obviously intending to gain a foothold in the army , not just trying to make a contribution.

Regarding Yang Kang's steady performance, Shen Chengping also nodded secretly. Since Yang Kang can be cultivated, the more likely his plan to fight against Mongolia will be successful.

"Next, I'll watch Yan Honglie's side, but those two wolf guards are really amazing. I didn't expect Temujin to get the support of the shamanism now. It seems that he has put a lot of thought into unifying Mongolia. No wonder in the plot After severely injuring Wang Han, the entire Mongolia was unified so quickly, this time we must interrupt the momentum of the rise of the Temujin tribe." Shen Chengping thought in his mind as he recalled the information he had read before.

When Shen Chengping stayed in Zhongnan Mountain, meditating and waiting for the news of Wanyan Honglie, what Shen Chengping finally got was that the Golden Emperor refused to allow Wanyan Honglie to be the official envoy to Mongolia this year, but another Shen Chengping felt strange when someone was selected, and finally recalled the plot carefully before he remembered that in the plot of Shooting the Condors, Guo Jing met Wanyan Honglie's mission to Mongolia after two years of studying Quanzhen's internal skills with Ma Yu , I miscalculated the time, thinking of this, Shen Chengping could only wait patiently for the opportunity.

Just when Shen Chengping felt the pity, on the mountain road of Zhongnan Mountain, a handsome and handsome Mr. Pianjia slowly came to the gate of Chongyang Palace.

The sound of Chongyang Palace reciting Taoist scriptures came from the courtyard.With a charming smile on his face, Mr. Junxiu came to the gate of Chongyang Palace and looked up. The three handsome and elegant but domineering characters of "Chongyang Palace" were deeply embedded in the entrance plaque.

The courtyard walls on both sides are high, spreading far out along the huge courtyard. Two boys in Taoist robes were sitting in the gatehouse next to the courtyard gate. When they saw the handsome young man carrying him in, they hurriedly blocked them: " This young master, please stop! I don’t know your young master’s surname, but why did you come to my Chongyang Palace?”

That handsome young master stopped, looked at the two Taoist boys, and said, "I'm here to find someone!"

"I don't know who this young master is looking for, do you have an invitation?" Asked the elder boy who was the chief judge.

The handsome young man wrinkled his white and tender nose lightly, and said directly: "No, can't you enter Chongyang Palace without an invitation? Could it be that your Taoist temple doesn't even allow pilgrims to offer incense?"

(End of this chapter)