Prime Minister

Chapter 723
Seeing soldiers and horses coming from the direction of Hezhou, Zhang Yue and Li Kui tried their best to identify the banner of the Song army.

After a while, I saw a big banner with the word 'Miao'.

Li Kui said happily: "This is the soldier and horse of Miao Shou!"

Miao Shou didn't have many soldiers and horses, but he didn't attack immediately after seeing Fan Jun, which meant he was watching from the sidelines.

Li Kui suggested: "Now that the morale of the Fan army is exhausted, it is time to attack from both inside and outside. General Miao does not know the details, so he dare not go forward."

Zhang Saidao: "Our army will attack first, what if General Miao doesn't save him?"

"This..." Li Kui.

Zhang Yue said: "The general of the three armies is here, how dare Miao Shou not save him?"

Zhang Yue immediately ordered to open the city gate and fight out.

After opening the city gate, Zhang Sai and Xi Qi both led their troops and killed them, but Li Kui stood by Zhang Yue's side.

Seeing the soldiers and horses rushing out of Xiangzi City, Zhang Sai and Xi Qi both fought desperately, but Miao Shoujun seemed to be hesitant to wait and see. Song Jun.

Seeing this scene, Li Kui's face turned pale.

He hurriedly said to Zhang Yue: "This Miao Shou is so courageous, how dare he not save him!"

Zhang Yue's face sank when he heard the words, when the drums sounded, Miao Shou finally led his army to attack the Fan tribe.

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Fan Bing was defeated and was hit by two blows. He suffered a lot of damage immediately and retreated northward.

Miao Shou led the army into the city quickly, and when he saw Zhang Yue, he bowed down and said: "The last general came late for rescue, and I hope the manager will forgive me!"

Zhang Yue still had a gloomy face, and Miao Shou explained with sweat on his forehead: "The last general saw that the Fan army was about to retreat, but now our army is new, and our strength is weak. defeat."

"But if he wins, the Fan army will not be able to catch up if they are defeated. Therefore, the last general deliberately stays for a while, and waits until the Fan army does not know how to advance or retreat before attacking."

Zhang Yue said with a straight face: "Come here, take Miao Shou down!"

The expressions on the left and right changed abruptly, Xi Qi was still hesitating, but he saw Zhang Sai and another general from the Guangrui Army directly arresting Miao Shou.

But Zhang Yue, even if he was a strategic envoy all the way, he couldn't kill a general like Miao Shou at will, which was against the rules.The generals on the left and right, such as Xi Qi and Zhang Sai, were still hesitant.

Zhang Yue said to Miao Shou: "I beheaded you on the spot, do you accept?"

Miao Shou loudly said: "I don't accept it!"

At this moment, Miao Shou was struggling violently, and this person was also a fierce general who suddenly burst into flames, almost overturning the tall and burly Zhang Sai.

Miao Shou was about to get up, but was hit on the knee by Tang Jiuyi, and was pressed to the ground again.

Zhang Yue glanced at Tang Jiu approvingly, but saw that Miao Shou was still struggling, and the soldiers on his left and right were also about to draw their swords, and Zhang Yue's left and right personal guards also drew their swords together.

Li Kui stepped forward and yelled: "Mr. Jinglue is here, how dare you draw your sword?"

Hearing Li Kui's scolding, Miao Shou's soldiers were stunned for a moment before putting down their weapons.

Zhang Yue looked at the struggling Miao Shou and asked, "Do you know your crime?"

Miao Shou blushed and shouted loudly: "The general refuses to accept!"

Zhang Yue pulled out his saber, and Tang Jiudang knocked off Miao Shou's helmet, and let his hair fall loose.

"Are you convinced?" Zhang Yue asked again.

Miao Shou gasped for breath but did not speak, Zhang Yue took a knife and cut off a bunch of Miao Shou's hair and said: "This hair will die on your behalf, and punish you for not saving the Chinese army!"

"But your military achievements, I will report to the imperial court! Let him go!"

Zhang Sai, Tang Jiu let Miao Shou go.

Miao Shou, who had walked from life to death, panted heavily, knelt on the ground and lowered his head, finally cupped his fists and said: "The general will be convicted!"

Zhang Yue smiled, helped Miao Shou up and said, "Although the enemy army is not defeated, please continue to pursue the enemy!"

"The last will obey!"

Hearing this, Miao Shou clasped his fists and led his troops in pursuit.

That night Wang Shao led the army to Xiangzi City, and he was surprised to hear that Miao Shou was almost beheaded by Zhang Yue.

Immediately Wang Shao told Zhang Yue about the battle.

It turned out that the battle was not all smooth sailing. After Wang Shao captured Hezhou, he learned that Xiangzi City was besieged, and immediately ordered Tian Qiong, the commander of the imperial army, to lead 700 people back to rescue the siege.

As a result, Tian Qiongzhongfu, his son Tian Yongji and 700 soldiers and horses were wiped out.

Wang Shao was taken aback, and sent Miao Shou to lead the cavalry back to rescue the siege.After a bloody battle, Miao Shou broke through the barriers and killed all the way to Xiangzi City, and only then did he break through the siege of Xiangzi City.

When Zhang Yue heard this, he knew that Miao Shou was somewhat wrong.

The opponent is desperate to help.

Wang Shao and Zhang Yue talked all night, and Miao Shou came to report that Fan Jun had retreated to Jiqing Temple.

Wang Shao immediately asked Jing Sili to lead [-] troops to rescue overnight.

The next day Zhang Yue and Wang Shao waited for the news and reviewed the gains and losses of the battle, feeling that they had underestimated Mu Zheng's strength.

At this time, a good news came from the front. Jing Sili and Miao Shou defeated the Fan army, and Zhang Shouyue also led the Qinzhou soldiers to the reinforcements. They attacked the Fan army twice and were defeated. After that, Zhang Yue sat in Xiangzi City, and Wang Shao led the army Taking advantage of the victory to sweep Hezhou...

Half a month later, Wang Shao led the Song army and the Fan army to a decisive battle in Niujing Valley. In the first battle, the Fan army was defeated. The Song army got cattle, sheep, soldiers, and countless money and food.

Thousands of Fan troops and hundreds of leaders were captured.

When Zhang Yue heard the news and arrived, Wang Shao led Miao Shou, Jing Sili, Wang Junwan, Zhang Shouyue, Zhang Sai and other generals had already cleaned the battlefield.

Wang Shao led the generals to greet him on the side of the road, and there were thousands of cavalry standing beside them holding steel knives and leading horses.

"Meet Jinglue!"

Thousands of Kansai big men roared.

Zhang Yue jumped off the horse and said with a smile, "Why bother so much?"

Wang Shaodao: "Report to Jinglue. After this battle, Muzheng is no longer invincible. Our army has conquered the entire territory of Hezhou! Your subordinates are here to congratulate Jinglue!"

Wang Shao spoke very restrainedly, as if it was an ordinary matter, but Zhang Yue was taken aback when he heard it, and then he took a step back and smiled at the generals: "I rely on you, the generals!"

The generals said: "I would like to serve my manager!"

Zhang Yue nodded and Wang Shao walked to the side of the hillside, but saw that although the battlefield had been cleaned, the scene of fierce fighting could still be seen, and there were corpses lying everywhere.

Fanjun's corpses had their heads cut off, and there were thousands of them.

Zhang Yue sighed to Wang Shao: "Zichun, you and I killed too much."

Wang Shao said: "Invite some monks to perform the Dharma meeting to transcend the situation."

In Wang Shao's eyes, killing and injuring so many people is too much to flatten Hezhou. This is the result of Zhang Yue's repeated instructions to restrain his subordinates not to kill indiscriminately.

Zhang Yue said: "We in Hezhou, Xizhou, Xinping, ruled all the people. If we kill all the people, who can we rule? Therefore, we want to turn the barbarians into Han, let the Di barbarians enter China, and let the barbarians enter China. , This is the foundation of long-term stability.”

"Don't forget the triads when you presented the Pingjun strategy, the combination of soldiers, legality, and custom. Now that the soldiers have been combined, the law has been combined, but the most important thing is the word conformity, and this custom is not theirs. Come to us, but we go to them."

Wang Shao said: "The economics means that Wang will definitely do it."

Zhang Yue said: "Government of the people lies in the word benevolence. I treat both Fan and Han people equally. I will do my best to treat the wounded Fan."

"Yes."

Later, Zhang Yue met his old acquaintance Dong Yu among the captured chieftains of the Fan tribe, and married Wu Chila.

When they saw Zhang Yue, they were ashamed.

After Wu Chila surrendered, he refused to say anything. Later, when Mu Zheng attacked Weiyuan Fort, the two men pretended to surrender again, but Zhang Yue saw through it. Zhang Yue didn't care about it at the time, but instead let the men of the two men go to lobby the two men. , promising that as long as they surrender themselves, they will forget the past.

As a result, the two did not agree.

When the Xiangzi City was besieged later, the two also participated in it and were very active.

Now in the Battle of Niujing Valley, the Fan Army was defeated, and these two were also captured by the Song Army.

Zhang Yue saw the two of them, and said to the left and right: "They are my old friends, untie these two."

Wang Shao persuaded: "Jing Lue, these two people have attached and betrayed, betrayed and attached, why bother talking nonsense with them, just kill them."

Dong Yu and Wu Chila all bowed their heads when they heard the words.

Zhang Yue said: "It doesn't matter, killing people will not delay this time."

Zhang Yue asked the two, "Where is Mu Zheng now?"

Dong Yu lowered his head and said, "Mu Zheng has escaped to Anjiang City."

Zhang Yue sighed and said: "What is Mu Zheng doing? The emperor of this dynasty asked me repeatedly, asking where Mu Zheng is now? We can see that His Majesty cares about Mu Zheng."

"The official also wrote a letter earlier, promising to make him the governor of Hezhou, and write off all the past, but he didn't reply, and he didn't even know what to do. He raised troops to fight against the heavenly soldiers repeatedly."

"Such actions really hurt people's hearts!"

Dong Yu and Wu Chila looked resentful when he saw Zhang Yue, as if he was accusing a heartbroken man who has repeatedly failed.

Dong Yu said: "Mu Zheng was also confused for a while, he didn't know how powerful the Heavenly Soldiers are."

Zhang Yue said: "The two of you have repeatedly raised troops to fight against this dynasty, but God has the virtue of loving life, I will not kill you, let you go back to Anjiang Village to persuade Mu Zheng."

Dong Yu and Wu Chila were overjoyed when they heard the news, but they didn't expect Zhang Yue not to kill them.

Zhang Yue said: "You tell Mu Zheng. He is currently in Anjiang Village. It seems that he has made up his mind to vote for Dong Zhan. But what kind of master is Dong Zhan? How can he be compared with the emperor of this dynasty? Even if Mu Zheng is Those who surrender to the party should not be driven by Dong Zhan."

"Now that the two armies are fighting, too many people have died. There should be no more killings. His wife and children are taken care of by me. Whenever he wants to come to Tao to visit them, I, Zhang Yue, will welcome him !"

Wang Shao was hesitant to speak when he heard the words, but he stopped thinking, these two people are capricious, how can they trust and use them.Of course, Wang Shao knew what Zhang Yue meant, and Zhang Yue wanted to impress Mu Zheng. You see, I can forgive even Dong Yu and Wu Chila, who are repeated, so what about you, Mu Zheng?This demonstrates the tolerance and generosity of our Song people.

But Wang Shao objected from the bottom of his heart, but he was inconvenient to object.

Dong Yu and Wu Yanzheng left after making promises to Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue not only let the two leave, but also let all the tribes who followed them leave with the two, and also gave them full weapons, armor and horses.

Dong Yu and Wu Yanzheng were not only overjoyed, Zhang Yue not only let them go, but also gave them so many things.

After the two left, Wang Shao kept a gloomy face, and Zhang Yue said to him, "Immediately send troops to follow the two and attack Anjiang Fort!"

"This is?"

Zhang Yue said: "Mu Zheng must be suspicious when he sees the two men coming back suddenly. At this time, when our army attacks Anjiang Fort again, he will think that these two men are internal agents who want to defraud his city. Then I don't need to do it. Mu Zheng will kill them for us."

Wang Shao suddenly understood that this was killing with a borrowed knife!

(End of this chapter)