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Chapter 703
"Li Xia doesn't have many troops at all."

Ma Yinglin made such a judgment on Sancao Mountain.

He is not talking nonsense, but a conclusion drawn from the situation...

On February [-]th, Ma Yinglin led the troops out of Chongqing, and at noon on February [-]th, he had already set up camp at Sancao Mountain.

This marching speed is nothing short of unpleasant.

He was originally worried that the rebels would set up an ambush in the Jialing River Valley. After all, this was the battlefield where Li Xia ambushed Shi Shu back then.But there was no ambush on the road.

This shows that Li Xia didn't bring his trusted troops at all.

After the sentry reported back, it can be inferred that Li Xia is only holding Hezhou City for the time being, and can't use his arms like fingers.

Then should we garrison Sancao Mountain, block the main road to Chongqing, or attack Hezhou to suppress the rebellion?
Ma Yinglin tends to be defensive.

It only needs to defend for more than [-] days to defeat the enemy's soldiers without fighting, and there is no need for a strong attack.

However, just as the camp was set up on his side, Li Xia had already sent someone over.

……

"I know Li Xia, a traitor, likes to ambush and sneak attack when he starts a war. Now that he is fighting a war, but sends envoys here, does he really have his own country?"

"Not an envoy. Xu Zimin, the governor of Dianjiang County, Hezhou, is here to convey the order of Commander Shu to you."

"Enough!" Ma Yinglin shouted: "A small official dares to act presumptuously in front of this general's account! Let me tell you that the imperial court has informed of Li Xia's dissent, and there will be an edict in a few days. You go back and tell that treacherous person, Hugh Then use the official name of the Great Song Dynasty to yell at me and other soldiers defending the country, if you want to rebel, just set up an army and fight me!"

His voice was like a bell, and what he kept expressing was that he knew Li Xia very well, guarded Sancao Mountain, and was not afraid of Li Xia's attack.

This is intimidation.

It was to scare Li Xia from coming to fight.

Anyway, as long as you keep it, you can make meritorious service.

Xu Zimin shouted: "You accuse Li Jieshuai of having a heart of rebellion, and dare to commit rebellion?! Who is instigating the disaster of war? During this spring plowing, regardless of the stability of the people's livelihood in Hezhou, they acted without orders. Fighting?! It’s useless to talk too much, Commander Jie ordered you to disarm and commit suicide within three days, otherwise don’t blame him for being ruthless in military law!”

Ma Yinglin thought these people were crazy.

Talking about people's livelihood and common people, talking about military law disposal, Li Xia can't think that this Chongqing government is under his rule?delusional.

Wasn't it Li Xia who was favored by the Great Song Dynasty to occupy the position of commander-in-chief, riding on the head of a loyal minister and good general of the Chongqing government, domineering, and killing Cao Qi, the governor of the capital?
Guilty within three days?

madman.

"Come here, let me drive out this treacherous subordinate! You tell this general that the traitor, the master Wang is coming soon, advise him to turn back as soon as possible!"

~~
Xu Zimin returned to Hezhou after a long journey, went all the way to the state government hall, met Li Xia, and relayed the conversation with Ma Yinglin.

"It seems that he must not dare to attack the city."

Three thousand soldiers were stationed in the south of the city, but Li Xia only commented on this sentence, and handed the document he had just written to Xu Zimin. The next sentence actually talked about the spring plowing in Hezhou.

"Post up notices in the city, telling the people that the closure of the city will not delay their spring plowing for at most three days. In addition, how many farm tools, cattle, etc. are still missing in Hezhou, you can make an overall plan for me, and I will transfer them as soon as possible... Most of the people here are village braves and soldiers who have retreated from Diaoyu City, and they have made great contributions to the country, so don't let them feel cold."

Xu Zimin held the documents in both hands, but he couldn't adapt to this style of doing things for a while.

One moment he was talking about military matters, and the next moment he was talking about farming.

If it is said that Li Jie is handsome and majestic, it is fine to treat Ma Yinglin as nothing.But ordering people to do things is really non-stop.

I just came back from Sancao Mountain, and I didn't let anyone take a rest.

Dianjiang county government had only seven escorts in total, two of them were killed, and the other five were driven around in just a few days, as if they were not petty subordinates, but talented people in the world.

Xu Zimin felt admiration and fear at the same time, exhaustion and excitement at the same time, wondering if Li Jieshuai planned to use him again, and whether Li Jieshuai could really put down the chaos of Ma Qian...

He was about to take the order to resign when he heard Li Xia ask again.

"By the way, can the subordinate staff be transferred to an official position?"

Xu Zimin's heart trembled, and he hurriedly responded respectfully: "Although there are cases of resignation, it is extremely difficult. In peacetime, all the officials in Tokyo have been employed for more than 30 years, let alone small officials in the countryside."

"Understood, let's go to work."

"Yes, Commander, the villain will leave."

Here Xu Zimin retreated, and immediately another soldier who was waiting outside the hall to report the affairs entered.

"Commander, this is the list you want. After the Battle of Diaoyu City, there is no record of disabled Xiangyong. The villain has searched for more than [-] people today. Will you call them?"

"No need, write down the address, I will visit them one by one tomorrow..."

These are the only things Li Xia is busy with this day.

After receiving these subordinates, he turned to the back hall, and saw Zhang Wenjing sitting there sorting paperwork, with a refined and serious appearance.

She was serious when she did these things, but then she got up and hugged Li Xia's arm, smiling freely.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Some people say that there is a principle of not touching female subordinates, but they are cuddling with me."

"Where did you hear that?"

"Sister Yuan told me that every time a woman enters the shogunate, Mr. Yan will solemnly explain it to her."

"Okay. But it's different. You are a family member who helps out occasionally. You don't hold a job or receive a salary. There is no reward for doing well, and I won't punish you for doing poorly."

"Who said I can't do it well, look, I'm a talented girl, right?"

Li Xia couldn't help smiling.

Compared to taking Longxi and Guanzhong, he seemed much more relaxed this time.

Occasionally talked with Zhang Wenjing about the situation in Chongqing, and never showed any anxiety.

"We will go to Chongqing in about three to five days."

"Do you really believe that brother-in-law won't go on a business trip?"

"Did you find a problem?" Li Xia said, "Whether it's Ma Qian in Shuzhong or the princes of Lin'an, it seems that I haven't thought about how to take Hanzhong directly from me."

Zhang Wenjing smiled and said, "Take Hanzhong? How can Zhao Song have such aggressiveness?"

"So, what Ma Qian did was to kill Zhang Jue and take Chengdu, intending to blockade Hanzhong, not to mention whether they can kill me in the future. What do all the soldiers in Shu land who moved back from the mountain city think? Without Hanzhong, there would be no Shu land." barrier, let them move back to the mountain city?"

"Understood, it's about the immediate interests of all soldiers in Shu, this is what the people want."

"Given Zhang Jue's prestige in the army, he went to persuade him personally, not to mention the old Diaoyu City, and all generals in Shu who want to understand this point will support him, so it is a sure thing."

Zhang Wenjing asked again: "Then Zhao Song has nothing to do with you?"

"Have."

Li Xia said: "For example, if Qifu Pu chooses Zhizhi or Wang Jian as Shu commander, their prestige in Shu is higher than mine, and I used to be under their command. If these two enter Shu, the hearts of soldiers in Sichuan and Shu may not be with me. It will be extremely difficult for me to recruit Zhang Jue, Shi Jun, Yi Shiying and others."

"Zhao Song can't do it?"

"The reason why I was able to serve as commander-in-chief of Shu was because the Song court was suspicious of Pu Zezhi and Wang Jian even more than me. There are other ways as well. My important minister is here, so of course I dare not come to Hezhou in person."

Speaking of this topic, Li Xia has also been quite touched recently.

"In this world, if the superior has the courage, it will have a miraculous effect. Li Shimin, a legendary figure who often led a dozen cavalry and dared to charge tens of thousands of troops, is not mentioned. The Song Dynasty wanted to defend the country, and there was no need for Li Shimin. As long as there is another Song Zhenzong, I will have nothing to do..."

During the Jingde period of the Song Dynasty, the Empress Dowager and Emperor of the Liao Kingdom personally led an army of 20 to attack the Song Dynasty.On the side of the Song Dynasty, the Manchu Dynasty persuaded Song Zhenzong to move his capital to Jinling or Chengdu for refuge.It was the prime minister, Kou Xun, who forced Song Zhenzong to march in person.

After Zhenzong arrived in Chanzhou, the morale of the Song army was great, and they won several battles. The Empress Dowager Liao also sent people to negotiate a peace.

At that time, Kou Chan advocated taking advantage of the situation to send troops to seize Youyan, and strongly opposed the peace negotiation.But Zhenzong didn't dare to conquer in person, and preferred to negotiate a peace, so the main peace faction attacked Kou Yi's self-respect and conspiracy, and finally formed the Chanyuan alliance.

"Your Majesty is very powerful, and the generals and ministers are in harmony. If the king personally conquers, the thieves will flee."

"How can you abandon the temple and society to be lucky in the distant lands of Chu and Shu, so that the world can recover and protect evil?"

Sometimes, whether the superiors have enough courage is the difference between making the world prosperous and prosperous and subjugating the country.

Li Xia rode into Hezhou at twenty, far inferior to Li Shimin, and in the eyes of loyal ministers of the Song Dynasty, he was already bold and arrogant enough.

But no matter how arrogant a rebel is, his power is not as powerful as the 20 army of the Liao Kingdom. All he needs is Song Zhenzong, and Li Xia will die.

There will be no more Song Zhenzong in the Great Song Dynasty, because there will be no more Kou Zong who dared to force the emperor to conquer himself.

Kou Chan has been wronged and relegated, and died as a guest in Leizhou.

And there is no money to be buried in his hometown, and his body is buried in Luozhong.

But now the situation, blame Cheng Yuanfeng and Jia Sidao for not having the courage?
The courage of the Great Song Dynasty was knocked out bit by bit in the past 300 years. It was knocked down from the bones of Kou Chan, Yue Fei, and Yu Jie, smashing their bones and breaking everyone's bones. The guts are broken.

Just like Kou Chan's desperate poem.

"Great ambitions are as cold as snow, and seclusion is as cold as ice. After the wind and rain in the county house, there is no sleep to face the green light."

……

Then look at the situation in Chongqing today. Li Xia has already entered Hezhou; Zhang Jue dared to go to Chongqing alone;

Who wins and who loses, what can the husband say?

~~
February [-]th.

Looking north from Sancao Mountain, Ma Yinglin saw that Li Xia had not sent any troops.

"Guilt within three days? What a lunatic."

Ma Yinglin didn't understand at all how Li Xia, who could only boast and talk nonsense, managed to be the Commander of Shu.

The doubts and ridicule in my heart have not dissipated, but guarding the Jialing River Valley is still very easy.

"Report! General, look, there are broken soldiers coming from the south..."

Ma Yinglin turned around quickly, he boarded another high platform, looked south, and couldn't help but feel more and more puzzled.

Where did the rout come from?

There are no soldiers and horses going to Chongqing at all.

……

"Drag them out to me and cut them off!"

Half an hour later, a roar sounded from the big tent.

Ma Yinglin was so angry that he still cursed at himself.

"These are not Chongqing's rout! It's Li Xia's secret mission to disrupt our army's morale! I won't fall for it. Brother Congrong, it's impossible to lose so quickly. It's impossible... to kill! Drag this secret work out and kill it!" ..."

"No way, general, there are more and more defeated soldiers, too many..."

"Cut them off!"

"Report! The commander-in-chief Cheng Cong came from the south and threatened to put down the rebellion. He...he said...the general was a rebel...surrounded the road to the south."

"impossible……"

"Report! The traitor Zhang Shichang led the troops out of Hezhou and came to Sancao Mountain."

"What are you panicking about?! The garrison is in the mountains. They can't attack them. Go...go and defend the mountains..."

The situation took a turn for the worse.

Cheng Cong and Zhang Shichang's soldiers and horses have blocked the mountain road.

Ma Yinglin was still arranging to guard the mountain, and there were several shouts from afar.

"Brothers, Ma Yinglin is the rebel. We guard Chongqing and risked our lives to report, but he wants to kill us. He must be a rebel. Why don't you kill him to put down the rebellion and ask Commander Shu to receive a reward!"

"We are the officers and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, not the private soldiers of the Ma family. We should be ordered by Shu Shuai to put down the rebellion."

"Sancao Mountain is besieged, and you will be rewarded for countering the rebellion!"

"Kill Ma Yinglin..."

"..."

"Sure enough, there are spies sent by Li Xia among the defeated soldiers, so kill them immediately!"

Shocked, Ma Yinglin hurried out of the big tent to dispatch troops, when he got outside the tent, suddenly several soldiers rushed up from the side.

"You want to do..."

"puff!"

With a flash of the knife, a head fell to the ground.

Ma Yinglin's eyes were still staring until he died, he couldn't believe it would happen so soon.

I thought it would be easy to keep it for more than [-] days, but I didn't want to, after only three days, the city of Chongqing has been lost...

(End of this chapter)