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Chapter 840 The Lobbyist
Jiang Fan knew what the letter in Gao Changshou's hand was.

The secret letter from Chang'an came, and Li Xia was preparing to become self-reliant.

Next, will Song Ting be able to suppress the Southwest Fanzhen, or will Li Xia break the ground and become king?On the eve of this drastic change in the situation, all eyes were on Kuimen.

As the front line of the conflict, Kuimen can be seen from the combat power of both sides, and then speculate on the impact of the combat power on the morale of the people.

If the confrontation between Chang'an and Lin'an is likened to a game of gambling, the battle of Kuimen is the bargaining chip before the betting begins.

Afterwards, the positions of the two forces depended on how much confidence the Kuimen battle gave them.

For example, if Sun Huchen can really capture Qutang Pass, Li Xia will lose all his chips and no longer need to be called King Qin.

But the situation has changed beyond everyone's expectations...

Unprepared, Gao Changshou made a decision and said, "I must persuade Jiang to support King Qin."

"Yuehou doesn't plan to send soldiers back directly?"

"There is no need to capture Sister Gui." Gao Changshou said, "The more important thing is Jiang Caigui."

Generally speaking, it is time to take the opportunity to occupy Xiajiegui, and then Jiangling. In short, the more territory the better.

But the problem is that Sichuan and Hubei are separated by the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River.

Even if the Jiangling Mansion is occupied, it will be difficult to support each other in time with Sichuan and Shu, and it may drag down the entire Sichuan and Shu.

What Li Xia needs most right now is to accumulate strength.

If the strength is sufficient, and there is no such great enemy as Mongolia, when the Song Dynasty is destroyed, it only needs to go down the river and conquer Lin'an in one fell swoop.

There is no need to tug-of-war on the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River and consume each other meaninglessly.If it is not handled properly, it will easily cause the consequences of the battle between Wu, Shu and Yiling during the Three Kingdoms period.

With Mongolia to the north, there cannot be a battle of Yiling today.

Therefore, compared with sister Gui or the gains and losses of one city and one place in Jiangling, the attachment of Jiang Cai and his soldiers and horses can really increase their strength and truly influence people's hearts.

Gao Changshou understood this very well, and was very enthusiastic about Jiang Cai.

He immediately began to actively contact, and tried his best to invite Jiang Cai to meet him.

But to his surprise, Jiang Cai refused to meet him...

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In late March, when the peach blossoms are in full bloom, Kuilong Mountain is beautiful.

Looking from the mountain, you can also see the military camp by the ferry.

Jiang Cai sat beside a new grave, looking into the distance.

The endless scenery of the Yangtze River at Xiangxikou is reflected in his pupils, and there is sadness and love in his eyes.

On the mountain road, Ma Shilong walked over with a middle-aged scholar.

"General, Mr. Zhuang is here..."

This scholar is called Master Zhuang, and he is Sun Huchen's assistant, and he and Jiang Cai have a good friendship.

"General Jiang is sad and happy. Sun Huchen made a big mistake in this matter. I don't want to work for him anymore. I have resigned as an aide."

Master Zhuang's face was full of regret and condolences. He first showed that he was not here to be a lobbyist for Sun Huchen, then wiped his forehead and sat down beside Jiang Cai.

When he looked down, he saw that Jiang Cai had several bandages on his body.

At that time, Jiang Cai was confronting Sun Huchen, and suddenly became violent, and charged Sun Huchen with a knife, and killed himself among dozens of guards, scaring the surrounding soldiers to protect Sun Huchen and flee.

Recalling that scene, Master Zhuang still has lingering fears.

"I don't know what General Jiang's plan is? But do you plan to join Li Ni?"

Jiang Cai said lightly: "No, the relationship between me and Sun Huchen is a personal grievance, and it should not jeopardize state affairs."

"That's good, that's good." Master Zhuang breathed a sigh of relief, and praised: "General Jiang understands righteousness deeply, this country is fortunate..."

"But revenge must be reported."

"Yes, yes, Sun Huchen deserves to die."

Master Zhuang responded like this, as if he didn't know what else to say, he was silent for a while, and asked: "At that time, after killing Sun Huchen, what is General Jiang's plan?"

"have not thought."

Master Zhuang looked at Ma Shilong who was standing behind him, and asked again: "Then what should these generals do?"

Jiang Caidao: "I avenge myself, and I have nothing to do with my brothers."

"The confrontation between the two armies has almost turned into a mutiny. What if Sun Huchen accuses you of rebellion? Although the general has nothing to worry about, the families of the soldiers are all in Jiangling Mansion..."

Standing behind and listening, Ma Shilong felt that Master Zhuang's unreasonable words made people feel a little depressed.

Can't tell what's wrong.

"According to me, it is better to let the imperial court deal with Sun Huchen." Master Zhuang said again: "Of course such things happen, the imperial court will not shield him."

"How will it be handled?"

"It must be a heavy punishment. If the crime deserves to be killed, why not kill him. However, if the situation is the most important thing, the court should replace Sun Huchen first, and let other generals come to sit in Jiangling. Only when the time comes can they punish him without any scruples."

Master Zhuang said this, Fu Xu sighed: "All these are my conjectures, according to the current situation and facts, I am not trying to excuse anyone."

Jiang Cai didn't say a word, just looked into the distance silently.

He is like a rock.

After a while, Master Zhuang said again: "It's not difficult to punish Sun Huchen severely, but what I'm worried about is the reputation of General Jiang, Xiaoxiong I. If something like this happens, it will inevitably make people laugh."

Jiang Cai remained silent.

Master Zhuang continued to talk on his own.

Gradually, the topic of conversation is quite different from before.

"To be honest, things are not too serious right now. There has been no big defeat on the battlefield, and my sister's return has not been lost. Alas, it would be great if nothing happened. Sun Huchen should be killed, but now he has given the family property Please calm down the general. He also said that the reconciliation is very serious, and as if nothing happened, first recommend the general to Pingzhanggong as the deputy capital commander, and then repay the general after conquering Qutangguan. Being implicated, the future of the general will rise to a higher level..."

Jiang Cai already understood that Master Zhuang didn't resign Sun Huchen to seek justice for him.

He came to be a lobbyist for Sun Huchen.

"Why does a man have no wife? Although I am not talented, I am confident that I can make another happy marriage for the general. With the general's talent, it is also possible to marry the Lu family. I heard that my late wife is a daughter of the people and cannot help the general in his official career... ..."

When Master Zhuang said this, his back hurt.

Jiang Cai kicked him straight down the hill.

"General... ah!"

Branches and stones scraped Master Zhuang's body, making him bloody and bloody. He fell and rolled, and soon disappeared among the vegetation.

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In the evening, Zhuang Shi, who was full of scars, returned to Jiangling by boat. He went all the way into the city and met Sun Huchen.

Sun Huchen's complexion was not very good, showing a deep tiredness and melancholy, but he was no longer panicked like he was a few days ago.

When he heard that Jiang Cai hadn't defected, he was a little surprised, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, I didn't miss the state affairs because of this." Sun Huchen whispered to himself, looked at Master Zhuang, and said with concern: "Sir, this is...he actually has such a cruel hand on Mr. Alas, it's all wrong, and it's my fault. One person will implicate Mr.

"The students were incompetent and failed to convince Jiang Cai."

"He still doesn't intend to let go of it with me?"

"Yes."

Master Zhuang glanced over and saw Sun Huchen's heartbroken look, he couldn't help persuading him: "But you don't have to worry too much, general. Looking back, it's not a big deal, it's just that a woman died."

Sun Huchen was taken aback.

Master Zhuang said: "It's common for thousands or thousands of people to die in war, and it's common for a woman to die when she dies. The only difficulty is that Jiang Cai can't get angry, but at the beginning he was quite normal when he got angry. After a while, he figured it out and then He will understand that it is in his best interest to suppress the matter and receive the benefits from the general."

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At the same time, Jiang Cai boarded a large ship moored on the Yangtze River from a small boat.

Gao Changshou warmly greeted him outside the cabin, and bowed his hands to salute.

Jiang Cai hadn't planned to see him, but he didn't expect that he would dare to take the boat directly to his sister's return.

As for why not take the opportunity to get rid of Gao Changshou?
With the current situation, if we continue to fight, the victory or defeat is self-evident.

Jiang Cai has already sent a letter to Li Tingzhi who has been promoting him all these years, asking Li Tingzhi to ask the imperial court to send Liang to take over his army in the future. As for his personal enmity with Sun Huchen, he will report it privately and not involve others.

In this case, seeing Gao Changshou was nothing more than to send him back, so as not to expand his personal affairs into state affairs.

Sitting with each other, Gao Changshou said: "Recently, I have been wondering why this kind of thing happened? I also don't understand, if the generals of the Great Song Dynasty all have the virtue of Sun Huchen, how could they still resist Mongolia for nearly 30 years?"

Jiang Caidao: "If you want to encourage me to go against you, you don't need to say it. The reason why I came is because you are still Song officials."

"It's still a Song official now, but maybe it won't be soon." Gao Changshou said: "Do you know why? Because the Song State is weak, and those who have meritorious service are often punished by counting, so as to separate themselves from virtue."

"I'm just a military commander, just follow orders to fight, don't care about these."

"Who are you fighting for? For Sun Huchen? Jia Sidao? Zhao Xuan?"

Hearing the name "Zhao Yu", Jiang Cai looked up at Gao Changshou, a little dazed.

"That's right." Gao Changshou said: "We just want to rebel against the Song Dynasty. The county king will soon establish himself as a country and call him the king of Qin. He has always had great ambitions to wipe out the dust and unify the world. What we lack most right now is a general like a general." As a general, I deeply hope that the general can carry out important tasks together, kill power traitors, drive out barbarians, sweep away the humiliation suffered all these years, and make me a man of the Han family feel proud, wouldn't it be great?"

"I've only come to tell you one thing, you don't need to come to persuade me to surrender, and if you dare to attack Sister Gui by force, I will swear to fight you to the death."

After Jiang had said that, he turned to leave.

Gao Changshou asked: "Does the general not want to kill the prisoners?"

"I think so. But I'm upright in joining the army and killing captives, and I won't go against the enemy."

"Dignified and upright?" Gao Changshou said: "I dare say that the general can only be called upright and upright if he fights against the captives together with us. If he continues to be subdued by Song Dynasty, there will only be countless dirty things and cowardice..."

"Enough! You don't have to turn up the personal enmity between me and Sun Huchen. I swear to kill Sun Huchen, but this is not the reason for me to betray my family, country and ancestors! Why do I believe you so easily when you open and close your mouth? Overthrow the court, recover Rivers and mountains? Is that only for your own self-interest? Will it cause civil strife in the world? When the Mongolian captives go south, how many people will be taken captive to the north as slaves?! Li Xia, Jia Sidao, Sun Huchen, and you... ...You who are in power, can you be a bit less scheming?!"

Jiang Cai raised his hand and pointed at Gao Changshou, with fierce eyes.

"I'll say it again, I will revenge myself. You ambitious people don't want to take this opportunity to cause trouble."

The anger that was constantly brewing in his heart finally showed a little in front of others.

Like the tip of the iceberg.

Gao Changshou was stunned for a moment.

Neither of them knew each other yet, but amidst the anger revealed at the tip of the iceberg, a doubt in his heart suddenly came to his senses.

Why is it that the dignitaries of the Song Dynasty were so rotten that they would collapse if pushed, but it was still able to fight against the most powerful Mongolia for nearly 30 years?

This decadent imperial court weighed heavily on the soldiers and civilians, so the soldiers and civilians continued to fight with the most resolute attitude while being oppressed.

So Huma can't go south for 30 years...

(End of this chapter)