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Chapter 695

Before the Battle of Diaoyu City, Ma Qian was already the capital of Chongqing, and his status was slightly higher than that of Wang Jian, the capital of Xingyuan.

At that time, Zhang Jue was only in charge of the deputy capital, and Li Xia was only in charge of Qingfu County.

To be able to achieve this position, Ma Qian is also good at fighting.

Before Mengge's attack on Shu in the sixth year of Xingchang, Ma Qian and Wang Jian, Yang Dayuan, Zhang Shi and others were generals with similar military exploits on the Sichuan-Shu battlefield.

At that time, he guarded the Chongqing government and knew better how to read the situation. He saw early on that Pu Zezhi had lost his power, refused to be ordered to support Diaoyu City, and lost the opportunity to make great contributions.

It was Li Xia who took this opportunity away.

Looking back, Ma Qian saw that Li Xia's few battles were not difficult to fight.The terrain of Diaoyu City was invincible. Wang Jian was lucky and killed Meng Ge.

It was Wang Jian who had real prestige and qualifications in Sichuan and Shu, so the court quickly transferred him to another place.

As for Li Xia's recovery of Hanzhong later, it was because the Mongolian army was about to retreat.

Just like the tide of the Yangtze River receding, Li Xia ran to the bank to pick up fish and shrimps, and he picked up a lot of fish and shrimps, and the official went to Sichuan to appease the system.Zhang Jue also picked up a big deal and had to be the deputy envoy.

Ma Qian saw that Li Xia was very good at finding officials, and relying on the Ding party to make his career, so he also gave Ding Daquan a generous gift, and found a position as a pacifier on the state road and also known as the Chongqing government.

he deserves it.

During the Battle of Diaoyu City, although Meng Ge did not reach Chongqing, he made great contributions to the defense of the Chongqing government in the early stage, and he had to pay bribes to get the reward he deserved.

Of course, Ma Qian was also dissatisfied with letting the two juniors climb on his head.

But a little emotion is nothing, he is already an important minister, and he is practical in his work.

He knew that the Chongqing government had never tripped Li Xia and Zhang Jue in the past two years, and the official business dealings were handled normally.

Until, I received a secret letter from Cheng Yuanfeng.

Li Xia had a different intention. Before this matter, Ma Qian had vaguely guessed it. After reading the letter, and looking back on what he has done in recent years, it is undeniable.

On the surface, the imperial court has not yet issued an edict, so it is not because there is no evidence of crime. In fact, Li Xia has a lot of evidence of crime.It's just that you can't deal with it on the bright side, so as not to be in a hurry.

Since ancient times, this kind of rebellion has been dealt with by capturing and killing first and then punishing the crime.

Ma Qian is willing to put down the rebellion. If Li Xia is not eliminated as soon as possible, sooner or later Li Xia will seize the Chongqing Mansion.

The problem is... the right minister's secret order to suppress the rebellion, and after the rebellion, is the right minister reliable?
Just at this time, someone came to visit and said something.

"The general is for the country of the Song Dynasty. After making meritorious service, even if the right minister is not in the court, the left minister can still be the general's meritorious service."

Ma Qian suddenly realized.

The right minister ordered to get rid of Li Xia.If there are consequences of guilt, the right side will bear them.There is a left minister to protect him from crime and meritorious deeds.

……

The remaining question is how to counter the rebellion.

Between Lin'an and Sichuan, it takes half a month to a month for a trip, and two months for a dialogue.Cheng Yuanfeng can only leave everything to Ma Qian.

After thinking about it for a long time, Ma Qian decided that beheading Li Xia would be the best.

However, the troops could not be dispatched to Hanzhong. Chongqing marched in Hanzhong, and the only way to go was Lizhi Road and Micang Road. If there was any disturbance, Li Xia would immediately be alert.

He is indeed not good at running and fighting.

If you can't behead, then you can only behead.

If Li Xia's power is divided into three sections, the first is Hanzhong, the middle is western Sichuan, and the last is Shunan and Dali south of the Yangtze River.

Looking at it this way, the battle is in Chengdu.

If the imperial court can control Chengdu and separate Hanzhong from Shunan, Li Xia's situation will be three and two, and there will be no big storms.

Then, whether Zhang Jue is rebellious or submissive becomes the key.

Cheng Yuanfeng sent a letter to test Zhang Jue's attitude, but got no reply.

This alone can be regarded as an accomplice with Li Xia.

Whether it is true or not is not important.

The important thing is that Zhang Jue must not be allowed to completely fall to Li Xia, otherwise it will be difficult for the court to control Sichuan and Shu.

It can be removed, and it must be removed decisively.

Ma Qian planned to do it during the New Year's Eve, when Zhang Jue was most relaxed.

He first sent his son Ma Jing before the New Year's Eve, in the name of transporting military supplies, and disguised three hundred elites from the Ningjiang Army of Chongqing Prefecture as civilian husbands, and went to Chengdu first.

Just wait for Ma Jing to find an opportunity to get rid of Zhang Jue, and the follow-up troops will advance again to control the troops in western Sichuan...

~~
Chengdu is very different from Hanzhong, and the officials and people still have a heart for the Song Dynasty.

In terms of terrain, Hanzhong is surrounded by barriers, making it difficult to attack; Chengdu has thousands of miles of plains, and the city of Xifu.

From the point of view of the people, Hanzhong has been away from the Song Dynasty for more than [-] years, and the gentry and common people have long forgotten the Song Dynasty; the people in Chengdu were slaughtered, and now they are all Song people who moved there.

In terms of governance, Li Xia personally ruled Hanzhong, and all the soldiers and civilians admire him. His methods are powerful, and it is difficult to infiltrate them, and he has almost become a country of his own; Zhang Jue has always regarded himself as a Song official in Chengdu for the past two years, and never rejected people from the southeast. Population, business travel, everything is to restore vitality first.

In terms of military strength, Li Xia dispatched a large number of troops to Hanzhong last year, leaving Chengdu empty...

All in all, within more than two years, it is impossible for Chengdu to be managed into Li Xia's sphere of influence.

Li Xia himself is still a Song official, all he can do in the short term is to let the people of Shu eat, and he has a good impression of him, which is not easy.

Chengdu is still under the control of Song Dynasty.

Therefore, after Ma Jing led the troops to Chengdu, Zhang Jue was not on guard.

He even had an intelligence channel right away...

In Chengdu, there are five gold and silver shops opened by a big businessman surnamed Yu, mixed with many fine works from Lin'an.

These people came from the Imperial City Division or retired veterans from Jinghu. They were all capable and had money to open their way. In just a few days, they had already bribed several of Zhang Jue's servants.

The person in charge of this matter was not the businessman surnamed Na Yu, but just used this businessman as a cover.Behind him is an aide in Zuo Xiang's mansion named Yu Desheng.

Yu Desheng is short and looks quite ordinary.

He was extremely efficient in doing things, only on the ninth day of the first lunar month, he found out that Zhang Jue had actually brought only twenty people out of Chengdu, and was stationed in a post house by the Mianyuan River.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, he helped Ma Jing surround the posthouse...

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The post house is located more than fifty miles north of Chengdu, at the confluence of the Qingbai River and the Mianyuan River, and further east is Jintang County.

Because there are business travelers usually passing through Jintang Gorge, a post house is set up.

Among the woods beside the official road, Ma Jing commanded three hundred elite Ning Jiang troops to approach quietly.

The terrain has been observed. The Mianyuan River is in the northeast direction, with an official road in front and the Qingbai River in the south.

Send people to encircle in the west and north directions, and then prevent Zhang Jue from jumping into the river and fleeing.

Chances are good.

Yu Desheng followed behind Ma Jing, quietly watched him direct, and seldom made suggestions.

Because he is not as good as Ma Jing in military affairs, so he should not intervene.

Yu Desheng just looked at the big flag erected in front of the post house through the trees, and murmured: "Zhang Jue travels in modest clothes, why did he erect the flag?"

After that, a sentry came over and reported to Ma Jing: "General, there should be dozens of horses in the posthouse, and nearly 50 guards, not more than [-]."

Ma Jing was a little surprised, turned to Yu Desheng, and asked, "Is the information wrong?"

Yu Desheng shook his head, and pondered: "The information is correct, Zhang Jue only brought more than twenty people out of the city...the reason why there are fifty people must be because he came to pick them up...It seems that Li Xia was In this inn."

Ma Jing's eyes suddenly changed, and he became excited.

"Li Xia is really in this posthouse?"

"It's not difficult to guess." Yu Desheng said: "On this New Year's Day, Zhang Jue can go out of the city fifty miles to meet him, only Li Xia. He has already noticed that there are too many eyeliners in Chengdu, so he deliberately chose to meet outside the city for a secret talk. "

"It really didn't take much effort!" Ma Jing was overjoyed.

"But I think Li Xia's actions are too powerful." Yu Desheng said: "He has already noticed that the court wants to attack him, and he has judged that the key to this matter lies in Zhang Jue, who was able to arrive in Chengdu on the tenth day of the first lunar month. almost."

"Three hundred elites, armed with crossbows, besiege and kill them all in one battle."

Ma Jing felt very lucky.

But Yu Desheng only felt afraid.

If it was a month or two late, let Li Xia convince Zhang Jue first, and it would be too late to do anything.

……

Ma Jing re-arranged, first blocking the way for Li Xia and Zhang Jue to escape.

Now or never.

He kept telling himself in his heart, "Be careful, be careful."

Like catching a chicken that was pecking rice, he tiptoed and approached it quietly step by step.Then, suddenly pounce.

"Go!"

Following this order, Ningjiang soldiers rushed out from the woods, and charged at the posthouse with bows and crossbows in their hands.

~~
"Who are you waiting for?! Don't come forward..."

"kill!"

"Whoosh whoosh..."

There were no more than eight guards standing outside the post house. Seeing soldiers rushing out of the woods, they immediately hid in the post house and closed the door for defense.

Only the first round of arrows came, three of them were killed by the arrows first, and two of the other five people were also hit by the arrows.

"Enemy attack!"

"puff……"

There were too many enemies, and there were plenty of arrows. The second round of crossbow arrows came immediately, and the five people who were closing the door were hit by arrows and two fell down.

"Protect the handsome!"

"Protect the deputy commander..."

There were exclamations everywhere, and the guards on both sides of the post house drew their swords one after another, but the enemy had already rushed into the post house...

~~
Lu Xiaoyou was talking to Li Zeyi near the stable.

Recently, he relied heavily on Li Zeyi, a general who had surrendered from Longxi.

He is good at equestrian skills and knows the art of war, so he has a lot to learn.

As for Li Zeyi, although he didn't think highly of Lu Xiaoyou, he already felt that he was about to be reused.

Among other things, this time Li Xia only took twenty personal guards to travel, and he was among them, and he only surrendered last year...

"Do you know why the commander-in-chief brought me here?" Li Zeyi fed the horse, smiled, and said, "I am a general from Longxi, this time, the commander-in-chief must be afraid of Song Ting's generals."

Lu Xiaoyou shook his head and said, "It's not that complicated, I ordered your followers to protect you."

"That's because the commander-in-chief can trust you..."

Suddenly, there was a shout of killing in the posthouse, and the two looked at each other.

"Zhang Jue wants to kill the Marshal?"

"what?!"

With a sound of "bang lang", Lu Xiaoyou had already drawn his sword in his body and rushed straight to the lobby.

"Protect the handsome!"

On the opposite side, Zhang Mao was leading the people standing in the courtyard when he heard the sound of broken cups and plates in the hall, and immediately heard the sound of killing shouts.

Turning around, I saw Lu Xiaoyou leading the men rushing over with a murderous aura.

There is a faint feeling... Li Jieshuai throws a cup as a sign to get rid of Zhang Shuai.

"Protect the deputy commander!"

Zhang Mao pulled out the ax on his back, and immediately met Lu Xiaoyou...

(End of this chapter)