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Chapter 697
Night fell.

Outside the post house, the flag of "Deputy Envoy of Sichuan Appeasement System" was still flying high, and a long pole was erected beside the flagpole, on which was Ma Jing's head.

More than 120 soldiers of the Ningjiang Army fled. When some of Ma Jing's confidants were killed, the remaining [-] people put down their weapons and surrendered.

These soldiers heard that Zhang Jue had rebelled this time, and were ordered by the court to get rid of him.But when Ma Jing died, the two Shu commanders threatened that Ma Qian and his son had rebelled.

They don't know the inside story, they just follow orders, and they can't tell the truth from the fake.In short, the imperial court did not publicly announce Li Xia's rebellion, and they were Song soldiers, not private soldiers, and they could survive if they surrendered their weapons.

It's okay to fight for wealth, but there is no need to die in vain.

Ma Jing was dead at that time, even if there were soldiers who could organize everyone to kill Li Xia and Zhang Jue, they didn't know what to do next.

How to get out of Chengdu Mansion?Where to take the head to receive the reward?
Are you looking for General Ma?
But General Ma's son is dead, and if he dares to go back, he will be held accountable for his lack of protection.

This year, it will be the courage of soldiers.

If the general is strong, the army is strong.

There were more than a hundred prisoners in the posthouse, and dozens of corpses scattered outside the posthouse. Zhang Jue had no choice but to send people to Jintang County to recruit dozens of garrisons to clean them up. They must be busy until midnight.

Li Xia didn't care about these little things, and sat in the lobby of the post house to eat and talk with Zhang Wenjing...

Thanks to being "abducted" by Li Xia once in the early years, Zhang Wenjing has also seen many thrilling battles. Today, she didn't panic at all, and obediently rode behind Li Xia, protected by her four female guards.

As far as she is concerned, killing three hundred enemies is not as dangerous as Li Xia's competition with Zhang Jue who is holding an axe.

"Aren't you afraid?"

"I'm really not afraid." Zhang Wenjing said: "What kind of stories have I heard since I was a child? 42 years ago, my father patrolled the city. Marshal Wu Xian of the Jin Kingdom led tens of thousands of troops to attack. Father's army was not in the city, only a few Hundreds of defenders ordered the common people to bluff at the top of the city, and personally led more than a hundred people to go out of the enemy's rear, smash the Jin army, and take advantage of the victory to conquer Wanzhou... In the past, I only thought he was bragging, but now I see your demeanor in defeating the enemy. gone."

"It's graceful to be good-looking, and vicious to be ugly, right?"

"Of course, it's good that you know I'm not scared, I'm the daughter of a general."

"Who was caught by me and cried every day..."

"Don't tell me."

Zhang Wenjing was ashamed and covered Li Xia's mouth with her hand.

Afterwards, she leaned back and lay lazily in his arms, as if she was a little tired.

"But having said that, if we were in Hanzhong, this kind of thing wouldn't have happened. Zhang Jue's control over Chengdu is a bit poor."

"You can't say that, he never thought that Song Ting would attack him."

"That's true." Zhang Wenjing said: "Just like in Shandong, Li Fen has a different heart, and the Mongol Lord knew about it long ago. From Li Quan on, what the Li family wanted to do was to be self-reliant. Li Fen's actions these years have been too big. Yes, the Mongol Lord has not eradicated him yet... Song Ting did it quickly."

Li Xia said: "On the Mongolian side, what you think is continuous expansion, and expansion requires force the most, and it is also taboo to chill the generals. If Li Fen doesn't raise the flag first, Kublai Khan will not move him, otherwise his reputation will be damaged. It will have an impact if you ask the Marquis to submit to you again. Of course, Kublai Khan is not afraid of Li Fen's rebellion. If he does, he has the confidence to suppress it;
The Song court was different. What they wanted for 300 years was stability and preservation.The emperor lived in a prosperous and peaceful place, and he did not have the force to suppress the generals, so he could only maintain it with the rules and etiquette.The ruler is the guideline for the ministers, and this guideline cannot be messed up, otherwise, the world will be in chaos. Guaranteeing the guideline is the most important thing, and suspicion of generals is commonplace.This is the difference in the operating system of the entire imperial court. "

Zhang Wenjing stared at Li Xia for a while, then asked with a smile, "I really don't know how your brain grows, why do you always see things differently from ordinary people?"

"Everything depends on the underlying logic. If I were Song Ting, I would also send someone to get rid of Li Xia and Zhang Jue. It is normal."

"Who is Li Xia really a big traitor?"

……

After a while, Zhang Jue entered the lobby, helped up the stove that had been kicked down by him, and started warming the wine again.

"After the trial, Ma Qian, the pacifier of Kuizhou Road, got Cheng Yuanfeng's secret order..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Jue's face became more and more gloomy, and finally said: "If you were not here today, I would die."

"Not necessarily." Li Xia said: "If I don't come, you won't leave the city either. It shouldn't be so easy to do it in the city."

"I really don't understand... such an ultimate move, how long have you been preparing to kill me?"

Zhang Jue was still very disappointed.

Li Xia looked at him for a while, then shook his head.

"I don't really understand, Zong Ze is dead, there is Yue Fei, Yue Fei is dead, there are Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, Liu Shiguang. The court prefers generals like them, or they pretend to be vulgar and lustful, have countless concubines, and don't talk about state affairs ; or greedy for money and good goods, extravagant and extravagant, stained with treacherous reputation; or afraid of the enemy like a tiger, tolerant of the imperial army, with no ambition to revive, the imperial court has always liked such generals. If you want to learn the way of self-protection, Brother Junyu, It shouldn’t be difficult. Meng Gong and Yu Jie’s mistake is that they should not keep saying ‘recover’, recovering the old Beijing and Hanzhong.”

"That's why you have to be Lu Wende." Zhang Jue sighed with contempt, "We are really nothing. The Song Dynasty has never lacked generals like you and me, but Lu Wende."

Li Xia said: "I have only recently realized a truth. The reason why Hanzhong was able to take some credit at that time was that Hanzhong was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was the gateway to Sichuan and Shu, and Sichuan and Shu were the barriers of Lin'an. But since then, we have In fact, I have already committed a serious crime, the crime is 'recovery', so Zhao Yun can only call me back to the court. This year's recovery of Longxi is another crime, forcing the court to attack me."

"Recovery is a sin?"

"Of course it is a crime. The Jingkang Rebellion broke the original military power system of the imperial court. The soldiers under the four generals of Zhongxing were all armed from the local area. Zhao Gou naturally felt extremely disturbed. These leading generals seemed to be holding sharp knives. His side is much more terrifying than the Jin people. It is the same now, we are more threatening than the Mongols, and we can still make peace with Mongolia, at least this is the experience, but the military general’s conspiracy is a road to darkness. There are generals who have made great achievements in recovery, all of which are exacerbating this anxiety, which is a crime.

It has been 300 years since the founding of the country and more than 130 years in the south. So far, the dynasty has accumulated many disadvantages.Every time a place is recovered, countless military expenses are required, and countless military expenses are required for setting up troops to garrison.How can you not be afraid of cutting flesh with knives?
It's not that they never regained lost land. Both Shandong and Heluo have been recovered before, but when the soldiers and horses crossed the border, they found that the gains were far less than what they spent.What's the use of recovering?Waste money and food, exacerbated domestic turmoil, and made wars continue.

The best thing is not to take it back, Dali is not difficult to get, if you don't want to send it under the eyes of Zhao Song, why bother to take the land of the Central Plains from the mouth of tigers and wolves.This is determined by national conditions. The Song Dynasty was fundamentally unwilling to regain lost ground, and these things were sins.

I'm also stupid, but I still think about taking credit for recovering Longxi, and I also want to claim credit for recovering Dali and Guanzhong one by one, so as to seek the right to open the government.So silly, still dreaming.These are never credits, but serious crimes.If you get close to me, you are also a big sin, so I should kill you.

They should have killed me, they didn't even know about the recovery of Dali and Guanzhong, they didn't know that I was actually far more guilty than I am now, the crime is heinous, the crime is heinous, and there are too many books to write. "

……

Zhang Jue clings to the flagon and remains silent for a long time.

He no longer knows how to respond.

Many people have understood these truths for a long time, and there have been people in all dynasties who have understood them. First there was Zhang Jun, and then there was Lu Wende.

It's a pity that Zhang Jue couldn't understand, he thought that the imperial court rehabilitated Yue Fei and Yu Jie because they recognized what these generals did.

No, rehabilitated, that's because they are dead...

"Brother Junyu, give up. If you don't rebel against a Song official like me, you will be ruined. It doesn't matter whether Zhao Yun or Zhao Yu are sitting on the throne. Even if Zhao Qi is a fool Regardless of everything, if you don’t open your mouth to kill us, we must die. Whether Cheng Yuanfeng or Jia Sidao is sitting on the phase, they will kill us. Song Ting, we must be killed.

Because this is the foundation of the Song Dynasty, and no one can change it. The foundation of the Song Dynasty system is to allow the cowardly lord and the Manchu scholar-bureaucrats to govern the country stably.People like us are hidden dangers, and everyone who is loyal to Dasong Sheji will regard us as enemies.We... everyone gets it and kills it. "

Zhang Jue said: "It's a good thing that everyone gets it and punishes it. We are traitors. There is nothing to say. It's just a pity for General Wang's loyalty."

Li Xia raised his hand to pick up the jug in front of Zhang Jue, poured two glasses of wine, and handed one to Zhang Jue.

He raised his glass and said: "What I said is a statement, there is no need to complain, you and I just face it calmly."

Zhang Jue raised his glass and clinked with him, and drank it down.

At the end of this day, he first discussed whether to oppose or not, and then wagered and competed. After talking about Wang Jian, he fought back the enemy. At this time, he finally gave up all hopes for Song Ting.

anti.

It's not a momentary impulse of "fucking! If it's reversed, it's reversed", but it should be reversed, and I'm sure in my heart that such a court should be overthrown.

In this world where barbarians are raging, what the world wants is a hero who can subdue generals with his own courage like Tang Taizong, not a coward who worries about the uncontrollable generals all day long in the bustling mist of Lin'an.

With the wine in his throat, Zhang Jue already felt that the traitor was very happy...

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Sitting in this hall, Zhang Wenjing seemed well-behaved most of the time. Seeing the two of them clinking glasses at this time, a sly look flashed in their eyes, and she stood up and said, "By the way, Deputy Commander Zhang hasn't said whether he will marry me or not." ?”

"it is good!"

Zhang Jue laughed loudly, reached out and patted Li Xia on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "The commander-in-chief will be my brother-in-law from now on?"

"I've met my righteous brother. After sitting for so long, my little sister can be regarded as a reliable elder brother, and this trip is worthwhile?"

……

The laughter in the station was even louder.

Heads shaking outside the post house.

Not far away, the Qingbai River flows eastward.

It has seen Zhuge Liang's "throwing Nanyang as the main concern", and also seen countless famous ministers and generals of the Song Dynasty over the past [-] years "conquering the north and the east to make good preparations".

Today's situation is still "the world and the earth work together, and the hero is not free when transported away."

I have seen the empress of the Shu Han Dynasty who said "Thousands of miles of mountains and rivers are light on children, and the crown of the two dynasties hates Qiao Zhou", and today I see this emperor and minister of the Great Song Dynasty again.

The only thing left is the passionate water under the rock, and I still know that every year is next to the post...

(End of this chapter)