Fu Song

Chapter 468 The Third Way

The breath of Dali Kingdom is now hanging on the army led by Dong Xian.

Once this army is defeated, this country that has been passed down for hundreds of years will take its last breath.

And Dong Xian's lonely and desperate move is really helpless.

If this battle is not fought, the hearts of all parties in the country will be scattered first, and they will only be defeated by their opponents one by one.

But in this battle, unless Gao Yingxiang is killed or Song Jun suffers a big loss, otherwise, the problem he is facing now will not be solved at all.

A tactical victory cannot change the ending of his failure.

It was Dong Xian's last effort to press the army to Huichuanfu City. Taking advantage of the previous big victory on the border, he tried to attack again.

If you win Huichuan, maybe you can win a little respite.

At this time, Xiao Cheng didn't want to give his opponent such a chance. In fact, what he wanted to tell Dong Xian and the tribal leaders he gathered was, even if you took Huichuan, so what?

The end result is still failure.

The Tianying Army rushed forward, and the Tianyi Army Commander went straight in.

All Dali troops initially believed that these troops were only trying to threaten the frontline troops, forcing them to withdraw and attacking them halfway.

Under Dong Xian's persuasion, these tribal leaders insisted on continuing to attack. As long as the front wins, the losses in the future can be made up for in the future.

However, these two armies did not seem to have the slightest interest in attacking their territory.

Their goal is directly at Shanchan Mansion, Shanchan Mansion, and Shanchan City.

In addition to these two land troops, there is another army that is coming directly towards Shanchan City from the water.

Jiang Xiong led more than [-] horse boats filled with a team of [-] appeasement envoys led by Yang Wanfu, and rushed all the way along the Nanpan River.

But at this moment, the defenders in Shanchan City are no more than five thousand.

Yang Wanfu stood at the bow of the boat, and next to him was Jiang Xiong, the commander of the Wujiang Navy, who was a shoulder behind.

There was a heavy rain yesterday, and the water in the Nanpanjiang River rose sharply. The originally clear river water has now become cloudy. It surged high, and then fell into the cabin, causing waves of curses from the soldiers inside.

They're trying to scoop water out with helmets or something.

After finally getting it clean, when a big wave hit, everything returned to the original point.

From time to time, you can see all kinds of things being carried by the flood and surging.

Some sailors stared into the river with long poles in their hands. Once they found something that endangered the ship, they immediately pushed it away with long poles.

This is why the navy had to stay here temporarily.

If such a big water is barely navigable, there may be many unpredictable dangers that will threaten the safety of the ship.

If it was just a navy division, Jiang Xiong might have happily taken this opportunity to temper the Langli Baitiao under his command, but there are still [-] pacifiers in the fleet now!
Among these people, landlubbers accounted for more than half. After several days in the boat, they were already a little dizzy. When the wind and waves were strong, their faces were sallow, and they insisted on sailing. Beautiful.

"Another one!" Seeing the sailor push a floating corpse away with a long penny, Jiang Xiong shook his head: "It's a pity, it looks like it's eleven or twelve years old at most!"

However, within half a day, they saw hundreds of floating corpses washed down.

"Did you find out? These dead bodies are all skinny and skinny, and you can't see a few taels of flesh!" Yang Wanfu said: "The shortage of food in Dali seems to have reached an extreme. With a little food, his family is reluctant to let him starve like this."

"We've been fighting for a few years." Jiang Xiong said, "There will still be a good life there. Jinghu is a land of fish and rice. Ordinary people can barely get by. Whenever there is a bad year or a disaster year, immediately It’s the bleak scene of bankruptcy and family destruction. When I was a water bandit, I had no choice but to catch a lot of people like this, so I had to become a water bandit to find a way out.”

Yang Wanfu glanced at the other party, Jiang Xiong coughed in embarrassment, and didn't turn his head to look elsewhere.

The Jiang family is the master of Jinghu, and even the actual controller of the Jinghu navy. Over the years, in order to let Jinghu Lu continue to invest in the navy, and at the same time rely more on their Jiang family, they are no longer just supporting the bandits. up.

They organized the water bandit team by themselves.

Jiang Xiong was the leader of the water bandits sent by the Jiang family.

Whenever the imperial court or Jinghu Road wanted to shake the Jiang family's position in the Jinghu navy, the water bandits would come out.

At this time, if it wasn't for the team led by their Jiang family, they would definitely be defeated by the water bandits in the water battle, and they would be in a terrible embarrassment.

Once things get out of hand, the local government will have to let the Jiang family take action again, and once they take action, the water bandits will immediately lose a series of disastrous defeats and end in dismal.

After so many years, the Jiang family's position in the Jinghu Navy has long been unbreakable.

Until a freak like Jiang Xiong came out.

This guy takes care of outsiders as well as himself.

Several direct descendants of the Jiang family were beaten terribly by the water bandits he led, which made the Jiang family furious and used some unconventional means to catch Jiang Xiong. If Xiao Cheng hadn't heard this from his wife Anecdotally, someone was sent to fish him out. This Jiang Tongzhi has long been enforced by the family law.

"Jiang Tongzhi, why are you following Futai?" Yang Wanfu asked calmly.

"Why else?" Jiang Xiong said: "This life was saved by Futai. The scholar died for a confidant. Futai thinks highly of me so much. He doesn't look down on me because I am a water bandit. Instead, he entrusts me with a heavy responsibility. He also bought me a house in Guiyang City, arranged for my mother-in-law and baby, and I have nothing to repay except returning this life to Futai."

"What if one day, Futai wants you to fight face to face with the Jiang family of Jinghu? What will you do?"

Jiang Xiong sneered: "From the time they wanted me to die in prison, I have nothing to do with the Jiang family. If Futai really wants me to do them, I won't hesitate, at most, after I beat them , leave them alive."

Yang Wanfu laughed out loud.

"Du Qianju, it's nothing to keep them alive, they're all dogs in the water, why are you afraid of him?" Jiang Xiong carefully glanced at Yang Wanfu's face.

Yang Wanfu patted Jiang Xiong on the shoulder: "Well said, the reason why Futai fished you out of Jinghu Lake was not only because you did have important matters in the water, but also because of you, the heart It's not bad. After being a water bandit for so many years, Futai thinks it's even more rare to still have this kind of heart. Otherwise, there will be more capable people in the world under the control of Jiang. If anyone is missing, the river will not be Pause for a moment, don't you think so?"

"That's not necessarily true!" Jiang Xiong was unconvinced, "When it comes to water skills, I haven't seen anyone stronger than me!"

Yang Wanfu nodded with a smile: "That's right, we generals must have this spirit. What I want to tell you is that what Futai values ​​is not only your ability, but also your character. You are still thinking about saving the lives of those from the Jiang family in the future, which is evident. Don't worry, this is just my casual talk, the chances of us meeting the Jiang family in battle are not great."

Jiang Xiong chuckled.

Although the Jiang family is ruthless to him, he may not be unjust to the Jiang family.

"My life was also saved by Futai!" Yang Wanfu said with a sigh.

"Huh?" Jiang Xiong was taken aback.

"At that time, Futai was only sixteen or seventeen years old, right? As for me, something happened. I met Futai when I was desperate. This was the luckiest time in my life!" Yang Wanfu recalled Bit by bit, I think of the swords and swords in Siwu Village, all the hardships on the way to escape, Fan Yifei's own despair when he was on the verge of death, and every step he has taken in these years.

Today, he has jurisdiction over all the roads, commanding the military power of Guiyang Road, and looking at the twenty-four roads in the Song Dynasty, who has more power and sufficient troops than Yang Wanfu?

Is there anyone else who can trust him like Xiao Cheng?
impossible.

If life is like this, why regret it?
"It turns out that's the case. No wonder I felt kind when I saw Duqian. Dare we still have such a relationship? Then we can be regarded as the absolute confidantes of Futai!" Jiang Xiong hit the snake with the stick, and immediately established a friendship. .

It's not that he wants to climb the dragon and become the phoenix, it's just that his years of life in the rivers and lakes have made his temper almost instinctive, and he blurted it out without even thinking about it.

Yang Wanfu smiled and said: "At first, when I followed Futai, I thought the same as you, only one life can repay Futai'er."

"Could it be that there are still some changes now?" Jiang Xiong's face changed slightly. Could it be that this guy has developed and has some other ideas?He, Jiang Xiong, knows the specialness of Guizhou Road. The imperial court has never stopped tampering with it. I think when he just formed the Wujiang Navy, someone came to him mysteriously.

But that guy was drowned by himself.

After the incident, he was scolded by Futai, saying that such a person should be handed over to Liu Fengkui's father-in-law, and he should not be lynched to death.

Let yourself be so unconvinced!
However, there is only one place to bow your head and be scolded.

Could it be that the Duqian in front of him is also being instigated by others and even has some ideas?
Jiang Xiong pondered whether to turn around and make a small report right away.

Although he is only a naval commander, he can write a report directly to Xiao Futai.

"Following Futai for these years, I finally understand what Futai is going to do, so, my thinking has changed now, I really want to repay Futai, that is to help Futai turn those things in his heart into Reality." Yang Wanfu said.

Jiang Xiong blinked his eyes: "What is Futai thinking?"

Yang Wanfu said: "Let everyone in the Song Dynasty have clothes to wear, food to eat, and houses to live in. They can walk outside without being bullied. They don't have to worry about bandits in the mountains or water bandits in the water, and don't have to worry about bullies knocking on them in the middle of the night. door, don’t worry about exorbitant taxes.”

"This, it seems very difficult, much more difficult than giving a life!" After all, Jiang Xiong was also from a family. Even though he didn't study much, he could still hear the deep meaning in Yang Wanxiong's words.

"That's not what Futai said in the original words, but I can't remember the words, so I just spoke the vernacular." Yang Wanfu said with a smile: "You look similar to me, at most you can understand these."

Jiang Xiong also laughed.

"This is the real loyalty to Futai! Over the years, I have seen that Futai is a little bit of a place that makes Guizhou Road so poor, and it has gradually become a place with ample food and clothing. Jiang Xiong, don't look at the vast majority of Guiyang Road. People can barely fill their stomachs with simple tea and light food, and some places may not be able to fill their stomachs, but they are already much better than most places in the world." Yang Wanfu said.

"Yeah, I know this, Jinghu is the land of fish and rice, and many people's lives are not as good as ours on Guiyang Road!" Jiang Xiong nodded repeatedly.

"Futai's ambition is in Guiyang Road?" Yang Wanxiong said: "Guangnan West Road will soon fully implement our policy on Guiyang Road, and Cen Futai has agreed. Next, Dali will also be included in our pockets and become a The new Yunnan Road, the three roads are in hand, and the foundation of Futai has just been established, and the next step is to operate well and strengthen our strength, waiting for the right time!"

Jiang Xiong sniffled: "Duqian Jurisdiction, let's take over Taiwan, will we rebel? Now Director Xiao is in the northwest, so he is the uncrowned king! I heard others say that Director Xiao is in the northwest to this extent. The reason why I raise the flag to be the emperor is because Director Xiao feels that he is not as good as us, and is going to give up the emperor to sit on the stage, but we are very high-minded, and we don't want to eat the food that our elder brother gave us, so we want to fight the world by ourselves! So Director Xiao is waiting for the opportunity in the northwest, ready to respond to our Futai at any time!"

"Bullshit!" Yang Wanfu dismissed it.

As one of Xiao Cheng's true confidantes, he really knows what Xiao Cheng wants to do.

"The emperor with one family and one surname is in our Futai's eyes!"

"What Futai wants to do is to build a foundation for generations to come."

"It's not a certain surname, but the foundation of our China for thousands of generations."

Yang Wanfu looked at Jiang Xiong proudly: "Jiang Xiong, do you know what it means for Di Yi to enter China and become Chinese? What we Futai want to do is to make Di Yi all over the world belong to China."

"It's harder than making everyone eat their stomachs." Jiang Xiong looked at Yang Wanfu in shock. The Great Songhai business houses are all over the world, so that the people of the Great Song Dynasty have no occlusion in their understanding of this world.

"The road is difficult, the road is difficult, there are many divergent roads, where is it now? There will be times when the wind blows and the waves break, hang the clouds and sail straight to the sea!" Yang Wanfu stretched his arms and chanted loudly.

Jiang Xiong looked at Yang Wanfu bewilderedly.

Is this the gap between himself and Du Qian?
"Set sail!" Yang Wanfu said loudly: "No matter how difficult the road is, we must go forward and eliminate all obstacles in front of us one by one. The next stop is Shanchan City!"

(End of this chapter)