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Chapter 435 Rewards and Punishments
The sixth day of May.

A celebration banquet was held in the city of Xuzhou.

Now that Wang Datou has been promoted to the capital, and has received another [-] guan rewards, he is so happy that he completely forgets his injuries.

But after drinking with Liu Jinsuo, Wang Datou turned to envy Qing Fujun again, and the bounty in his arms was not so exciting anymore.

"Brother, are you saying that every time the Qingfu army pays the real money?"

"I've said it all, don't call me 'brother', I'm only 26, two years younger than you."

Wang Datou looked at Liu Jinsuo blankly, and said, "Brother lied to me?"

"Lying to you?" Liu Jinsuo stared, and said, "Why did you lie to me? Go and ask my brothers, Yang Ben, Song He, Yu Tian, ​​and the others, when was it not paid in full?"

Wang Datou didn't have time to explain that what he was asking was that Liu Jinsuo was deceiving people with his age, so he leaned closer and asked, "Has Li Zhi made a lot of military achievements in the county? Why is he still the county magistrate?"

"Otherwise? My home magistrate made meritorious service too quickly! The news was sent to Xingzai, and it took several months. The officials only set up a post for the county magistrate. After looking at it again, hey, he made meritorious service again, and he had to change another one." Being an official...it's not easy being an official."

After hearing this, Wang Datou felt that it was very reasonable.

I didn't know what to say for a moment.

During the whole celebration banquet, he just sat there in a daze and listened to Liu Jinsuo talk and talk about why the north was a spy, what happened to meet the officials, and what killed Wu Lianghetai.

"Speaking of which, in the past years of fighting against Mongolia, we have died on our side, and those on Mengta's side have died. There are too many generals. Wuliang Hetai is really nothing. What kind of Mongolian king is called a radish? It was also killed by my county magistrate..."

"It would be great if Lizhi County could lead Tongchuanfu Road." Wang Datou subconsciously replied.

He himself realized that something was wrong, and on second thought, he thought that if General Yi was the commander in chief and Li Zhixian was the deputy commander, the battle would be won again and life would be easier.

Thinking of this, Wang Datou didn't realize that there was already a group of soldiers sitting around, listening to Liu Jinsuo's story.

These soldiers drank some wine, and all of them were a little bit over the top.

Coupled with the bounty money in their arms, they all got excited and shouted: "Yes! You should push Xulu, the main town of Li Zhi County!"

"After Zhang Dutong, Li Zhixian should succeed him!"

"It doesn't matter what we bastards say, it should be appointed by the court..."

"What if someone who doesn't know how to fight comes?"

"Ask the imperial court, why didn't Lizhi County be promoted?! So many Meng Dabai died?!"

"..."

Wang Datou smelled of alcohol, thinking that if he was transferred back to Shenarm City to fight against the grievances, he would be ruined, and shouted: "Brothers! Go to the state office and ask Li Zhi County for an explanation!"

"it is good!"

If no one stopped them, these impulsive men might actually surround Jiang Chun to ask what happened.

Fortunately, a commander of the Luzhou Army came over there and shouted: "What are you doing?! It's the opposite! Wang Datou, your mother's head is shaking so much that it's about to fall off. Help me! Sit down!"

……

A small farce ended without a problem like this, as if the wishes of the soldiers were not important.

But more than ten days later, the reward for Li Xia actually arrived.

This is a reward for meritorious service in the Battle of Chengdu at the end of last year. The court’s messenger arrived in Chongqing at the end of March, but did not dare to go west due to the chaos of the war. State.

Li Xia's pursuit of an official position went smoothly under the arrangement of Ding Dang, and his official rank was promoted to Cheng Yilang, who knew Yun and Lianzhou affairs.

Junlian said it was a "state", but it was actually under the jurisdiction of Xuzhou. According to Li Xia's understanding, it was a "county-level state", unlike Xuzhou, which was a "prefecture-level state".

Still promoted.

In Li Xia's plan, Qingfu is a small county, and only Fang Yankai is in charge.He himself went to Junlian Prefecture to take office, so he could connect with Zhaotong.

But the current battle still slightly disrupted his arrangements.

So he wrote a few letters with his own hand, respectively to Gao Mingyue, Han Chengxu, and Li Yong, making arrangements for the rear affairs.

In addition, besides the messenger, there was also a cousin of Pu Zezhi named "Pu Wei" who came from Chongqing.

Pu Wei's father's name is "Pu Yuangui", he is Pu Zezhi's cousin, and now he is the guard of Daliang City.

Pu Wei did not follow his father to guard the mountain city, but has been studying at the ethnology, and then followed Pu Zezhi.

"I've heard about Li Zhizhou's name for a long time, and I finally see him today. He really is very handsome..."

Pu Wei's brows were a little worried, and after some sloppy greetings, he quickly got down to business with Li Xia.

"Uncle is very close to Li Zhizhou, and asked me to bring a sentence."

"Brother Pu, please tell me."

"The situation in Sichuan and Sichuan will be very difficult this year. Uncle does not approve of your transfer to Junlian. It is enough to have Changning Army guards in southern Sichuan."

Li Xia asked: "Pu Shuai wants to transfer me to Chongqing Mansion."

"No, Uncle said, if Feiyu is capable, try to transfer to Jiading Mansion to contain the Mongolian army in Chengdu."

"Pu Shuai only has this one explanation?"

"Yes." Pu Wei hesitated for a while, but still told the truth, "Actually, Uncle is not very good at commanding troops in Sichuan."

Li Xia couldn't help being surprised when he heard this.

He didn't expect it. When he was in Ezhou, Jia Sidao said that the imperial court wanted to move Pu Zezhi.

After Li Xia returned to the celebration, he also sent the news to Pu Zezhi on the occasion of getting married and sending invitations.

But he really didn't expect that he would act at such a critical juncture in the war.

Pu Wei thought about it, and thought that although Pu Zezhi didn't say it directly, but sent himself over, he still had something to tell Li Xia.So he didn't hide it and continued to talk.

"The situation is not very good. He read the letter you sent to Uncle last time, and the court really didn't trust him. It's just that it is not appropriate to demote the commander before the battle, and uncle has not been dismissed for the time being. However, the court has ordered Lu Wende to be the governor of the Baokang Army. The envoy, the deputy envoy of Sichuan Zhizhi, and the governor of Chongqing."

"Lv Wende?" Li Xia was surprised again, and asked, "How to defend Bozhou? A Shu led the troops from the southwest to the north."

Pu Wei smiled wryly, and said: "There is only one Lu Wende in the whole Song Dynasty, so where is it urgent and where is it transferred?"

Li Xia only felt that after returning to Xuzhou from Laojun Mountain, every news he heard made people feel uncomfortable.

He suddenly realized that this might have something to do with what he told Jia Sidao that "Kublai Khan wants to kill Brother Meng".

Send Lu Wende to claim credit?

Pu Wei was obviously wronged by Pu Zezhi, said: "Although Lu Wende hasn't arrived yet, if he is appointed, which general in Sichuan and Shu doesn't know that his uncle has lost power? How can he still obey his orders?"

This is the embodiment of being an official in the Song Dynasty, and the backing is more important than the credit.

After also experiencing the First World War in Chengdu, Pu Zezhi suffered from suspicion; Li Xia acted without authorization, and was promoted to an official instead.

"Did the imperial court know that Brother Meng had conscripted himself?" Li Xia asked.

"Uncle is not sure whether the officials know about it, but the important ministers of the central government, such as Jia Sidao and Ding Daquan, must have known about it long ago."

Li Xia felt a little guilty.

But he also understands that the root cause of Pu Zezhi's distrust is that Shu people are not allowed to be Shu commanders.

Except that the first battle in Chengdu fell short.On the other hand, whether Pu Zezhi wins or loses in the battle with Meng Ge, the imperial court will be even more worried, so it is better to change the coach earlier... but it cannot be changed.

Rather than saying that Jia Sidao and Ding Daquan are dealing with Pu Zezhi, it is better to say that they are removing hidden dangers for the officials.

This operation makes the scalp tingle, but when you think about it carefully, is there any reason?

"This situation." Li Xia shook his head.

"The situation?" Pu Wei said: "The Mongolian army has broken through the Kuzhu Pass, Changning Mountain, and Dahuo City... Uncle's heart is burning, but he can't turn it around, he is already sick."

"Dahuo City..."

Li Xia didn't care about being surprised, and quickly pulled out the map.

Cangxi Dahuo City is in the middle of Jialing River.

If it is said that Meng Ge's first strategic destination was Hezhou and Chongqing, he has already traveled half of the way?
I was still here methodically preparing to counterattack Chengdu, but Meng Ge was already in full swing.

If this Mongolian Great Khan hadn't died, all the plans so far would have been lost in an instant.

"I know how the Kuzhu Pass was broken. After defeating Niu Lin, I captured some Mongolian troops. But Changning Mountain and Dahuo City..."

Pu Wei first pointed to Changning Mountain.

"After the Mongolian army captured the Kuzhu Pass, they immediately drove their troops to Changning Mountain Eding Fort. The guards here were General Wang Zuo and General Xu Xin. At that time, there were only 46 troops left. Many people were lost. Unexpectedly, Wang Zhongxian, the magistrate of Cangxi County, surrendered Eding Fort. Seeing the fall of the mountain city, General Wang Zuo committed suicide and died for the country. General Xu Xin and other [-] people were captured and died unyieldingly."

This is the case for almost every lost mountain city in Chuanzhong.

There are many heroes who defend the city with lofty ambitions, but there are always people who offer the city and surrender.

Pu Wei pointed to Dahuo City again, and said: "Afterwards, when the Mongolian army attacked Dahuo City, Wang Zhong went to persuade the guard of Dahuo City, Yang Dayuan, to surrender. Yang Dayuan was angry and killed Wang Zhong."

Hearing that he called Wang Zuo "General" but named Yang Dayuan by name, Li Xia already vaguely guessed the follow-up.

"But Dahuo City is still lost?"

"Yes, although Yang Dayuan killed Wang Zhong, he was unable to resist the Mongolian army's attack, so he surrendered the city..."

Li Xia couldn't look away from the map for a long time.

Meng Ge's momentum is overwhelming, as if he is urging him, forcing him to stop resting in Syria, and he must act faster...

(End of this chapter)