Fu Song

Chapter 665
Regarding the Jiangning court, Zhang Cheng has always been silent.

Even though Yizhou Road and Qinfeng Road had verbally expressed their submission to the Jiangning court, Zhang Cheng had never made a statement.

He was very uncomfortable.

My father died at the hands of Xiao Ding, and the Jiangning court was supported by the second son of the Xiao family, Xiao Erlang.

Although Zhang Cheng has always admired Xiao Erlang, he has never underestimated himself.

What Xiao Erlang can do, he may not be able to do.

Over the past few years, I have gathered so many heroes in the Qinling Mountains. Everyone is determined to destroy the traitors, drive out the Tartars, and restore the Hanjia River.

For the past six months, Li Chun on Qinfeng Road kept sending people to contact him, and even sent his own son to be a lobbyist to show his sincerity.

In fact, Zhang Cheng is very clear about the meaning inside.

It was nothing more than that Li Chun wanted to compete with Jiang Ning's Xiao Erlang's wrist, and he was unwilling to be completely controlled by Xiao Erlang, so he wanted to try his best to win over all the forces that could fight against Xiao Erlang in order to strengthen his strength.

The Jiangning court must want to fully bring Qin Fenglu under its own control, instead of submitting on the surface like it is now, but in fact it doesn't do anything different.

Once Qin Fenglu is completely captured by Jiang Ning, the forces of Xiao Erlang and Xiao Dalang will be completely united.

Once this situation came to pass, no matter whether it was Li Chun on Qinfeng Road or Li Shilong on Yizhou Road, everyone would have no future at all.

Even the Liao people saw this, so they made great efforts to win over Li Chun.

Everyone has their own ideas.

Li Chun didn't want to be manipulated by Xiao Erlang, nor did he want to be like Quzhen, Cui Ang and Liu Yuliu Quanyi, who took refuge in the Liao Kingdom and won the throne for a fortune, but he would inevitably leave a thousand bitter infamy in the annals of history.

Li Chun felt that it was not worth it.

Moreover, that former King of Zhao, Cui Ang, died so tragically!

Got hacked by Yelumin all night!

It can be seen that in the eyes of the Liao people, the kings of Zhao, Jin, and Qi are nothing more than dogs, and if they want to kill them, they will be killed.

But it's not easy to maintain the independence of Qinfeng Road!

Witnessing the Jiangning imperial court's frenzied advance, continuous victories on the battlefield, even before winter, even the general of the Liao Kingdom, the confidant of the Empress Dowager Chengtian, and the governor of Hebei Road, Lu Ben'an, were defeated and lost. If there is no accident in Jiang Ning, he must continue to clean up Qu Zhen.

Once Kaifeng is not defended and Quzhen is defeated, what will Qin Fenglu do?

Therefore, Li Chun had to take the lead, quickly expand his strength, and increase the capital for dialogue with Xiao Cheng.

Unlike those fools from the Jiangnan faction, Li Chun knew the importance of force. Qin Fenglu's force was not weak at all.

There are many barbarians on Qinfeng Road. Li Chun's army has recruited a lot of barbarian fighters. These people fight for money, and their combat effectiveness is still extremely tough.

This time, Li Chun wanted Fuzhou, Yaozhou, Fangzhou and other places, especially Fuzhou, but the heart of Shanxi Road, controlling Fuzhou, is equivalent to cutting Shanxi Road into two, which can be attacked and defended. , and this place can also be regarded as a rich place on Shaanxi Road.

But he estimated his own strength, and felt a little powerless.

Especially for Zhang Cheng, who is entrenched on the Qinling Mountains, in such a world of great contention, it would be really strange if he didn't jump out and fight for it.

Such a great opportunity, as long as Zhang Cheng still has a little brain, he will definitely not let it go.

After repeated calculations, Li Chun threw out a big cake that Zhang Cheng could not refuse, and that was Jingzhao Mansion and its surrounding areas.

Jingzhao Mansion has always been the most core area on Shaanxi Road, whether it is population, land, geographical location, or political significance.

Alliance with Zhang Cheng to fight against the Jiangning court.

Li Chun didn't want to rebel, on the contrary, with Xiao Erlang's Jiangning court fighting against the Liao army at the front, he was able to live a prosperous life later, and live a life that everyone wanted to win over!
He felt that it was impossible for Zhang Cheng to refuse.

In fact, Zhang Cheng would not refuse.

Based on the grievances between the Zhang family and the Xiao family, once Zhang Cheng controls the Jingzhao Mansion, it will inevitably become an insurmountable barrier between the Xiao brothers.

Will Zhang Cheng reconcile with Xiao Ding who killed his father?
Certainly not.

If he really wanted to do this, he was afraid that the world's saliva would overwhelm him.

Li Chun saw this, so he confidently and boldly win over Zhang Cheng, and gave up the fattest part of Shaanxi Road to Zhang Cheng.

In Li Chun's view, even if Zhang Cheng controls Jingzhao Mansion and its surrounding areas, let alone contending with Jiang Ning in terms of strength, even if he is against himself, he will be at an absolute disadvantage.If he doesn't want to be swallowed by Xiao Erlang, he can only cling to himself.

This is a good thing.

Didn't Xiao Erlang always call for unity with all those who can be united?
I also learn and sell now.

Yizhou Road, Qinfeng Road, and Shaanxi Road will be added in the future. If everyone is united, it will definitely make Xiao Erlang a little bit afraid.

Li Chun has now counted the entire Shaanxi Road into their small group.

At this moment, listening to Zhang Cheng unscrupulously attacking Xiao Cheng, the chief assistant of the court, the envoy was not angry at all: "Xiao Taiwei Zhang, the chief assistant is dedicated to serving the country, sacrificing himself to serve the public, Feng has not seen Who has ever been more loyal to Da Song than Shoufu!"

Zhang Cheng looked at the faces on the opposite side, and laughed loudly: "Feng Bao, if I say that Xiao Erlang is a traitorous and loyal guy, you will not believe me? This guy is digging the roots of Da Song's wall with all his heart!"

Feng Bao smiled, "Xiao Taiwei Zhang, a certain family also knows the grievances between the Zhang family and the Xiao family. In the great battle that year, the certain family was a county captain in Gaoling County, Shaanxi Road, and it can be regarded as having personally experienced this incident." .It was a matter between Xiao Dalang and Zhang Taiwei, and in this matter, in Feng's opinion, there was no question of who was right or who was wrong."

Unexpectedly by Feng Bao, Zhang Cheng nodded his head: "Indeed, in this matter, no one is right or wrong, it's just the revenge of killing the father, which will never be forgotten after all."

"Yes!" Feng Bao said: "It can only be said that it is good luck tricking people."

Zhang Cheng took a deep breath, calmed down his somewhat irritable mood, and said, "Xiao Erlang helped me so hard, isn't he afraid that I will bite him back in the future? He must understand Li Chun's meaning very well. Once my power expands and I gain strength, I will never be the only one to obey Xiao Erlang's orders."

Feng Baodao: "The Chief Assistant is in charge of the government, and he has never pursued others to obey him. Si Junchao, Xu Xiangqi, and Liu Mingyi have always been regarded as the Chief Assistant's political enemies, but you see that the Chief Assistant did not do anything to them, did he? "

"Now these people have become dead tigers, right?"

"No!" Feng Bao said, "If the little Taiwei Zhang goes to the south of the Yangtze River, he will know the truth. For the first assistant, if you lose, you have to admit it. You can reserve your opinion, but you must agree on the general direction. And on this basis, Shoufu is not afraid to give up some benefits to make everyone happy."

"Really?" Zhang Cheng disapproved.

"Li Chun and Li Xianggong are too selfish." Feng Baodao: "Generally speaking, the Jiangning court dispute is still a literary battle. After Si Cifu and the others lost, all the court's decrees were implemented unimpeded. This has also greatly improved the strength of the imperial court in a short period of time. Xiao Taiwei Zhang, there is only one month left this year, but according to statistics from various places, the annual tax has reached more than [-] million taels of silver."

"How is this possible?" Zhang Cheng lost his voice.

"I knew that Lieutenant Zhang didn't believe it, but this is the truth!" Feng Bao said triumphantly: "It doesn't count Qinfeng Road, nor Yizhou Road. Next year, it will exceed 8000 million taels, and within three years, it will exceed [-] million taels." Two. That's the power of the New Deal."

Zhang Cheng was really moved.

As a high-ranking family in the Song Dynasty, his father was even a Taiwei, and he was very clear about the annual income of the Song Dynasty.

Now that the incomplete Song Dynasty can actually reach the income of the most prosperous period of the Song Dynasty, it can only show one thing, what Xiao Cheng did was right.

"However, this kind of good governance, which benefits the country, has not been implemented on Qinfeng Road. Li Xianggong used the excuse that there are many barbarians on Qinfeng Road, and hastily implemented the new policy. It is very likely to cause civil uprisings and cause Qinfeng Road to become unstable!" Feng Bao sneered: "Hey, isn't this just talking nonsense? Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan have implemented the New Deal for many years, and have never heard of the civil uprising. Because the New Deal has never targeted ordinary people, but the low-level people. The common people benefit the most. What he harms is precisely the aristocratic family like Li Xianggong who has been entrenched in Qinfeng Road for many years!"

"So, he wants me to deal with Li Chun?"

Feng Ding smiled slightly and said: "Jingzhao Mansion has always been the essence of the entire Shaanxi Road. Li Chun actually gave you Jingzhao Mansion to show his favor to you, so why are you being polite? As a base, slowly plot against each other until the entire Qinfeng Road is swallowed up."

"Xiao Erlang is not afraid, and after I have done this for a long time, will I turn my face and refuse to recognize anyone as his enemy?"

Feng Bao's expression remained unchanged, and he said: "It's not that no one is worried about this, but the chief assistant said that at least in the Northern Expedition to the Liao Kingdom and the recovery of the ancient land of the Han family, Zhang Ziming will definitely go forward desperately, and will never be willing to give up. It fell behind me, Xiao. And the chief assistant also said that as long as Zhang Ziming can win Shaanxi Road and Qinfeng Road, the new policies of the imperial court will definitely be implemented."

Zhang Chengha said: "He thinks highly of me!"

"The so-called heroes cherish the ears of heroes!" Feng Bao clapped his hands with a smile, and a follower came from behind and handed something to Feng Bao.

After taking this thing and putting it on the table between the two of them, Feng Bao opened the wrapper, and what appeared in front of Zhang Cheng was a knife.

That was the knife that Xiao Erlang gave him to Zhang Cheng back then.

A precious knife that cuts iron like mud.

It's just that because of his father's affairs, Zhang Cheng and Xiao Erlang returned the knife to cut off his robe and returned the knife to Xiao Erlang.

Now seeing this knife appearing in front of him again, Zhang Cheng couldn't help feeling deeply moved.

"Shoufu said that to expel the Tartars and restore China requires everyone to work together. This knife is still sharp, and it can also help Taiwei Zhang to cut off a few more enemies' heads!" Feng Bao pushed the knife to Zhangcheng in front of.

With a choking sound, Zhang Cheng drew his saber out of its sheath.

The dark blade revealed the slightest chill.

Zhang Cheng, who was half squatting on the ground, squinted his eyes and looked at the swaying wind lamp of death on the blue pass not far away.

White snow was flying freely in the sky, and they were wearing white cloaks tightly wrapped around their bodies, almost blending with the outside world.Not to mention being so far apart, even if they were closer, it would be difficult to spot them.

The last time I touched a few tongues, I found out the specific situation of Languan.

This greatly increased Zhang Chengxin's confidence.

Of course, the blue pass belongs to the kind of dangerous place where one man guards the pass and ten thousand people cannot open it. If you miss a single hit, it will be difficult to succeed.

So Zhang Cheng selected hundreds of elites, sneaked up here, and prepared to do it in the middle of the night.

Moreover, Jiang Ning came to make Feng Bao bring them a sharp weapon, which also increased their chances of success by a few points.

That was dozens of boxes of gunpowder weapons.

A gunpowder weapon contained in a small ceramic canister, which can cause great damage just by igniting the fuse and throwing it out.

Zhang Cheng is no stranger to this stuff.

Back then when the assassin wanted to assassinate his father, he used this thing, but he missed the passenger car and didn't hurt Zhang Chao, but instead hurt Yelujun, who was still the king of Qishui County at that time.The emperor who later rejuvenated the Liao Kingdom buried the root cause of his illness, and he did not live for too long in the end.

If this person is still alive, maybe Xiao Erlang will not have the opportunity to establish the Jiangning court. The most likely thing is to struggle against Yelu in the Yunnan-Guizhou area!
It was precisely because of Yelujun's death that civil strife broke out in the Liao Kingdom. After the internal struggle between the Empress Dowager Chengtian's family and Lin Ping's family, the Liao Kingdom had to temporarily stop the pace of the southern expedition.

Only then did Da Song have a chance to breathe.

Somewhere, it seems that there is really a big hand manipulating all this.

At the fourth watch, Gan Quan stood up, and there were more than a hundred other men who stood up with him.

Shaking the thick snow on their bodies, they stooped and walked towards the towering pass in the distance.

After a stick of incense kung fu, the qi death wind lantern flying above the pass was extinguished.

Zhang Cheng stood up, waved his hand, and the follow-up troops quickly followed him to the target.

The sound of a violent explosion rang out, and in the originally quiet Languan, in an instant, the sound of shouting and killing erupted.

When Zhang Cheng rushed to the blue pass, the closed door was already opened in front of him.

The battle went much smoother than expected.

The soldiers of the Zhao army stationed here were quite weak in their will to resist. When Zhang Cheng led the crowd to appear on the pass, and when the flag of Taiwei Zhang was raised, the resistance in the pass came to an abrupt end.

Whether it is the old Taiwei Zhang or the young Taiwei Zhang, they are all very prestigious.

After all, a considerable part of the puppet Zhao army was converted from the former Upper Fourth Army.

(End of this chapter)