Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 168: Offering Passes
Relatively speaking, Fukouxing has a long history and has been renovated by successive emperors, so it is not that difficult to get around.The Song army occupied Licheng and Shexian County early, and only the section below Shexian County was left on the steep road.More importantly, Ling Tangzuo, the magistrate of Cizhou, was captured by the Jin army and given to Liu Yu. He refused to surrender and was placed in Cizhou.After receiving the news that the Song Army was about to leave Fukouxing, they only sent more than 200 people to Fukou Pass in a symbolic manner, which was completely in vain.

Wang Xiaolie had many roads to attack the Puppet Qi, and it was almost impossible to take the Fukou Xingshan Road. Liu Yu and his son believed that Cizhou and Xiangzhou were very safe, so some unreliable personnel were placed here.For example, Du Chong, who dug the Yellow River, was from Xiangzhou and was appointed magistrate of Xiangzhou.With the addition of Ling Tangzuo who knew Cizhou, after leaving Fukouxing, Cizhou and Xiangzhou on the opposite side were almost undefended.

After winning the Battle of Taiyuan, Wang Xiaolie soon received letters from Du Chong and Ling Tangzuo, saying that they were willing to dedicate the city.That's why Wang Xiaolie ordered Xie Linong and Li Xing to go out to Fukouxing. Regardless of whether these two men dedicated themselves to the city or not, it can be believed that these two states did not have a strong will to fight.

On November [-], the winter solstice, Xie Linong arrived at Fukou Pass at dawn.

After standing at the foot of the pass and observing for a while, Xie Linong said to the commander Yue Zhaoqing: "This pass guards the Fukouxing important road and is built very dangerously. Go to the pass and order the guard to surrender immediately. If you don't surrender, we will attack the city immediately." !”

Yue Zhaoqing said yes.

When they arrived at the pass, Yue Zhaoqing shouted at the top of his lungs: "I am Li Dutong's subordinate, Yue Zhaoqing! I advise you to surrender the pass immediately, otherwise our army will attack the city immediately!"

A head popped up from the top of the city, looked around, raised his hand and glanced at the army, and then said: "Are you the army of King Xuanfu of Luoyang?"

Yue Zhaoqing was stunned for a moment. This was the first time he had seen him ask this question.He said: "Yes. Li Dutong is the commander of the fourth division under Wang Xuanfu."

Naoyi on the top of the city said hurriedly: "Since we are under the rule of Wang Xuanfu, why don't we know our names early? I have been waiting for you here for a long time!"

After saying that, he hurriedly arranged to open the city gate.He said to Yue Zhaoqing: "General, wait below the city for a moment. I will go down to the city immediately to welcome you into the customs!"

After a while, the door was opened wide, and a man came rushing out from inside. He was about 40 years old, with two to three hundred soldiers behind him.

The general urged his horse forward and said to Yue Zhao with a green cross in his hand: "I am in Kangping, the governor of Cizhou. I have been ordered by Zhizhou to guard this pass. Zhizhou said that Wang Xuanfu's army will definitely pass Fukou Pass, but I still don't believe it. I didn't expect you to really do it. coming!"

Yue Zhaoqing was overjoyed and hurriedly brought him to see Li Nong.

For Kang Ping and others, most of these divisions under Wang Xiaolie have never been heard of because there are too many.Except for a few particularly well-known ones, such as Jiang Min and others.In the Battle of Taiyuan, Xie Linong had no chance to participate in the battle, and of course others did not hear about it.

Kang Ping saw that Linong had a sullen face and looked unhappy. He did not dare to say anything more and led the Song army into the pass.

After sitting down in the official hall, Xie Linong asked Kang Ping: "According to what you said, Ling Zhizhou had long wanted to return to the Song Dynasty, but he just regretted not having the chance. Now that he heard that our army is coming, he has prepared to dedicate the city long ago. Is that right?"

Kang Ping handed over his hand: "There is nothing false about this matter!"

Xie Li Nong said: "This place is only fifty miles away from Cizhou. We will arrive in one day tomorrow. I will meet with Ling Zhizhou tomorrow. If Du Zhizhou of Xiangzhou is also so knowledgeable, our occupation of the two states this time can be regarded as a victory."

Kang Ping smiled and said: "It must be so, it must be so!"

After finishing speaking, Kang Ping said with some embarrassment: "But on Du Zhizhou's side, he usually has a very poor relationship with his subordinates, especially his colleague Hu Jingshan who has a blood feud with him. Although Du Zhizhou wanted to dedicate the city, he didn't know that his subordinates What do you think?" Xie Linong narrowed his eyes and said expressionlessly: "In other words, Xiangzhou Du Zhizhou wants to offer the city, but his subordinates may not think so?"

Kang Ping nodded repeatedly: "Yes. I don't know if Du Zhizhou's words now count in Xiangzhou City. Last year, Du Zhizhou's grandson came to see him from the south of the Yangtze River, and Hu Jingshan accused him of treason. Nianhan tortured him, and he said that even if Nian Han let him go, but he did not dare to return to the Song Dynasty, so Nian Han let him go. After this incident, Du Zhizhou and Hu Jingshan were almost incompatible. Du Zhizhou usually had a bad relationship with his subordinates. Now I don’t know how many people listen to it. his words."

Xie Linong nodded, indicating that he understood.

Du Chong was passionate about fame, cruel and prone to killing, and he was suspicious of his colleagues and subordinates, making him extremely unpopular.During the Song Dynasty, Zhao Gou favored Du Chong and served as prime minister for several years.It's a pity that Du Chong was just bragging and had no real talent.

Xie Linong looked down on him from the bottom of his heart.Even if he surrendered himself, he would be ashamed to work with him.

After bidding farewell to Kang Ping, Xie Linong went to Houya to rest.He sat alone and thought for a while, then ordered his soldiers to find Tan Shuwen, the commander-in-chief, and Xu Yan, the staff officer.

After a while, the two of them arrived at Xie Linong's residence, and Xie Linong invited them to sit down.

Inviting tea, Xie Linong said: "Walking through Fukou Pass these days, my mouth has just faded away! Ling Tangzuo, the magistrate of Cizhou, is a good man. He allowed us to get through Fukou Pass safely. We will go to Cizhou to see him tomorrow."

Xu Yan said: "Can you trust this Ling Tangzuo?"

Xie Linong said: "Lingtang Zuo was originally a garrison in Nanjing. Although he was captured by the Jin soldiers, he refused to surrender the gold. It should be credible. Furthermore, now that I am bringing a large army, why should I worry that the garrison cannot be trusted?"

Xu Yan said: "That's what everyone said. I just can't trust him and I'm not afraid of him."

After a while, Xie Linong's soldiers brought up the copper hot pot, as well as fresh fruits and vegetables such as fresh pears and crispy lotus roots.

Xie Linong picked up his chopsticks and said, "Let's talk while eating! These days, I really want to take this bite!"

Everyone has their own preferences. What Xie Linong likes is the copper hot pot that Wang Xiaolie has used occasionally.In fact, not many people at Wang Xiaolie liked this thing, and he gradually forgot about it.Xie Linong, on the other hand, still clearly remembered the deliciousness of this thing and the snowy night when Wang Xiaolie invited them to eat hot pot.

After a few bites of the big lump of meat, they put down their chopsticks and ate some fruits and vegetables to relieve their tiredness.Only Xie Linong still enjoys eating meat.

After eating a pear, Tan Shuwen said: "We came here and it seems to be extremely smooth. Even now, the guard general of Fukou Pass, Xianguan, everything is going well. But if you want to enter Ci and Xiangzhou, you are afraid of their What Zhizhou said is different from the letter to Xuanfu, and even if it is the same, they are afraid that their guard general will not agree."

Xie Linong stuffed a large piece of meat with chopsticks into his mouth, chewed it for a while, and then said: "The trouble now is that Xiangzhou's place is probably the same as what Qian Hao said."

(End of this chapter)