Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 501

Zhang Zhaodu is about to swear his master to leave the customs, but Yelu Deguang in Tokyo has not received definite news yet.

The reason why it is not definite news is that from Liu Zhiyuan's side, they don't know exactly when Zhang Zhao will send troops, but only roughly analyze it in July and August.

Guanzhong is a place of great shape, that is not just for fun, as long as Hangu Pass, Wuguan, Tongguan and Fenglingdu are closed, it will really feel like being isolated from the world.

In addition, Zhang Zhao also controlled Fuzhou, which made it easier to block the news.

Yelu Deguang frowned. Although Liu Zhiyuan sent someone to meet him, Brother Guang still felt very uncomfortable.

Because Wang Jun, who was sent by Liu Zhiyuan, never said a word of refuge from the beginning to the end, and even hinted that after Yelu Deguang entered the Central Plains, he did not reward the Hedong soldiers in time.

What is Liu Zhiyuan thinking?The more Yelu Deguang thought about it, the more angry he became.

It's not bad that you didn't pursue the crime of killing and wounding my Daliao army twice, but you still dare to ask for a reward, and you still want a reward, what's the matter?You have to share half of the Grass Valley you beat?

Thinking of this, Yelude did not give Liu Zhiyuan the walking stick that was supposed to be given to him. In the Liao Kingdom, it symbolized Shangfang's sword.

Brother Guang originally planned that if Liu Zhiyuan was sensible, he wouldn't mind recognizing an old son, but now, hum!
However, these days when Wang Jun was left out in the cold, the evil results of Yelu Deguang's indulgence of the Khitans in the Central Plains' grass valley began to appear.

First, Liang Hui, the bandit commander in Chanzhou, and others attacked and killed the Khitan army horses. He had hundreds of elite cavalry under his command, all of them were Jin army Xiao cavalry who escaped from the army after Du Chongwei bowed his knees.

They were familiar with the geography, and they were not afraid of the Khitan cavalry. Coupled with the cover of the people from all over the country, the Khitan people were extremely troubled, and they even began to threaten the pontoon bridge of Baimajin.

Immediately afterwards, Bozhou and Chenzhou, which lost the restraint of the Jiedushi and were attacked by the Khitan people, began to have righteousness from the later Jin Dynasty soldiers.

They occupied the area of ​​Bozhou, and even gathered thousands of people to besiege Songzhou. If there were not more than a thousand Khitan soldiers in the city, the people of Songzhou might have followed suit.

A few days later, Hu Cile, the Jiedu envoy of Xuzhou Wuning Army who had decided to take refuge in the Southern Tang Dynasty, began to send rangers to harass the Danzhou and Caozhou areas, and allocated money and food to support the rebels in the Bozhou area.

This still has a relatively large impact, and as for the united athletes in the countryside and the volunteers organized by low-level military academies in various places, there are countless.

The Khitans used to be able to plunder with more than ten riders, but now there are no more than fifty riders, and they dare not go to the countryside at all.

Yelu Deguang was reluctant to part with the harvest brought by farming the grass valley, but also wanted to quell the fire of resistance among the people, so he summoned Feng Dao hypocritically and asked Feng Dao, "How can the people of the world be saved?"

This shameless speech made even Feng Dao feel like throwing up. This tumbler who has been around for decades couldn't help but sarcastically.

"At this time, even the Buddha can't save the common people, only the emperor can save them."

Yelu Deguang was silent after listening, so he never asked Feng Dao about national affairs, Feng Dao was also happy to run back quickly, and continued to be a tumbler who didn't hear anything out of the window.

However, things got worse and worse after that. At the end of April, even Han officials of the Liao Kingdom like Zhang Li and Zhao Yanshou couldn't stand it any longer, and came out to speak out one after another. Yelu Deguang decided to restrain the troops.

Zhao Yanshou took the opportunity to speak and asked Yelude to release the Jiedu of the towns who were under house arrest, and let them return to the station to appease the soldiers and wipe out the thieves.

Yelu Deguang also felt that it made sense, and began to prepare to send back the Jiedu envoys of the towns, but before that, he planned to arrange the Khitan generals along the Yellow River to make preparations to defend against Zhang Zhao's eastward advance.

Zhao Kuangzan stood behind Zhao Yanshou. Yelu Deguang still liked him very much as the young and promising son of King Yan who inherited his father's handsome appearance.

At this moment, Zhao Kuangzan suddenly sensed an excellent opportunity at this moment, he raised his hand, stood up from the crowd of Fanhan ministers, and said to Yelu Deguang.

"If you want to block the Liang army's eastward advance, the most suitable places are the Jiedushi of the National Defense Army in Hezhong, the Jiedushi of the Baoyi Army in Shanzhou, and the three towns of Heyang near Luoyang.

In addition, the territory under the jurisdiction of the national defense army in the river is controlled and controlled, and there are dangers of mountains and rivers, which is a must-fight for military strategists.

Although the minister is young, before returning to Shangguo, he served as a Jiedu envoy in the nearby Huazhou, and there are even soldiers from the river under his command, so he is familiar with the geographical advantages of the river, and is willing to stand by his majesty and wait for the heavenly soldiers. "

Zhao Yanshou frowned, his intuition was not quite right, because Zhao Kuangzan was very clear about his attitude towards Khitan in private, how could he ask to serve Khitan on his own initiative?

"You are still young, how dare you speak about important military and national affairs before your Majesty, and still not back down!"

With a stern face, Zhao Yanshou reprimanded Zhao Kuangzan severely, and waved his hand to tell him to retreat quickly.

But Yelu Deguang laughed, "A newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, since it has the heart to serve you, it should be rewarded! Tell me, if you are in the middle of the river, how will you defend the Liang army!"

Zhao Kuangzan ignored his father Zhao Yanshou's reproachful eyes, looked at Yelu Deguang's chest and replied.

"The city in the middle of the river is adjacent to the big river, the battlements are complete, the Pujindu pontoon bridge connects the north and the south, and there is Pujinguan Water City as a guard.

After the minister arrived, he selected warriors and used iron ropes to cross the river, and built a fortress along the river to hold out, so that the Liang army could be blocked only by the danger of mountains and rivers.

After His Majesty's army arrives, the Liang army has become a weary army, how difficult is it to break it? "

Yelu Deguang was even more appreciative when he heard the words, and Zhang Li, the Han minister of the Liao Kingdom who was the secretary of Zhao Kuangzan's grandfather, also nodded in agreement and spoke to Yelu Deguang.

"General Jinwu is guarding the Guohezhong and Huazhou areas. He is familiar with geography and human relations. If he can be assisted by 2000 people from Zhang Guojun, he will be able to guard Pujin Pass and block Liang Guo's army to the west."

The Zhang Guojun is the Han army trained by the Han Derang family for Yelu Deguang. Different from the tooth soldiers like the Lulong Army of the Zhao family, the soldiers of the Zhang Guo Army were trained in the Liao Kingdom, and their families are all in the Liao Kingdom. Xi Ren, loyalty is no problem.

Yelude nodded upon hearing the words, and immediately felt that it was indeed a good idea for Zhao Kuangzan to guard the river.

"Zhang Lian, the commander of the infantry of the Zhangzhang National Army, led 2000 people to go with Zhao Jinwu and guard the Hezhong Mansion."

Although Zhao Yanshou felt a little bad in his heart, Zhao Kuangzan was his son after all, and it was impossible for him to tell Yelu Deguang that his son was unreliable.

I can only choose to continue to say that Zhao Kuangzan is still young and lacking in ability, so it is difficult for him to take charge alone, so that if something happens in the future, he, Zhao Yanshou, can also be cleared of suspicion.

Yelude could never have dreamed that Zhao Kuangzan and his father Zhao Yanshou were not in the same heart.

Moreover, Zhao Kuangzan is already 22 years old, no matter how you look at it, he is still young.

He only thought that Zhao Yanshou didn't want Zhao Kuangzan to take risks, so he was unmoved and let Zhao Kuangzan go to the river.

That night, Zhao Kuangzan got Yelu Deguang's permission, like a bird out of the cage, he immediately paid for it himself, and invited Zhang Guojun Commander Zhang Lian and other military schools to have a feast and reunion, and gave Zhang Guojun a bolt of silk cloth as a reward.

Under these stimuli, the whole army left Tokyo at an extremely fast speed on the second day and headed for the river at high speed.

. . . .

Hezhong Mansion is Puzhou Town, Yongji County, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province in later generations. This city was unknown in later generations, and even Yuncheng City didn't have much sense of existence.

But in ancient times, especially in the Tang Dynasty when the bridge technology was still immature, Hezhong Mansion had a very high status along the Yellow River.

As far as the Yellow River is concerned, Tang Dynasty was only lower than Luoyang, and for a while it was like the central capital of Tang Dynasty. Now, its status is only a little lower than Luoyang and Kaifeng.

Zhao Kuangzan himself brought 500 people, a small number of them were unwilling to continue to serve the Khitan people, and most of them were old people he brought to Khitan.

Zhang Lian, the commander of the Zhang Guojun, was a tall and thin man who was taken captive by the Khitans to the grassland when he was only a few years old. Most of the soldiers of the Zhang Guo Army had this kind of experience.

Because the Khitan's southward invasion did not start during Shi Jingtang's period, but frequent harassment began as early as the post-Tang Zhuangzong period.

After 30 years, it is hard to tell whether Zhang Lian, a Han Chinese who was kidnapped when he was young, is a Han or a Khitan, and there are even families like Geng Chongmei, Cui Yanxun, and the Yutian Han family.

Puzhou City, the prefecture in the middle of the river, is located on the east bank of the Yellow River. In the northwest is the Pujin Bridge, the largest floating bridge on the Yellow River. Looking west, the Guanque Tower and Puzhou City are far away.

The city is surrounded by rivers and mountains, paved with blue stones, and solidified with rammed earth. The average height of the city is more than six meters, and the width is more than one meter. The city can pass mules and horses, and its circumference is more than ten miles.

Along the river outside the city, there is a Shuicheng military stronghold, which can support each other with the main city. There are no tall trees for five miles outside the city, and the field of vision is extremely wide.

When Zhang Lian and Zhao Kuangzan rushed to the city of Puzhou, they couldn't help but gasped. If such a powerful city was to be attacked forcefully, it would not take three to five months to capture the outer city.

Hezhong Jiedushi was originally Hou Yi, who was also an old man in Daibei, who was born in Li Keyong's military academy.

In the past, Zhuang Zongzhong rebelled against relatives and stayed in Luoyang. After Hou Yi heard about it, he left Li Siyuan's team overnight.

It's a pity that Hou Yi, who was loyal, righteous and brave when he was young, became a dog in his old age. He only wanted to be rich and rich, and he no longer had the quiet and heroic aura of his youth.

He had colluded with Meng Shu in order to seek wealth and honor. After Yelu Deguang entered Tokyo, Hou Yi even brought his eldest son to Tokyo to meet in person.

He also told Yelu Deguang that he had never participated in the battle against the Liao Kingdom, and his words were very submissive. Therefore, Yelu Deguang specially summoned him to waive Hou Yi's congratulatory money.

Perhaps, when Li Cunxu died in Xingjiaomen, the loyal and righteous Hou Yi, who came back thousands of miles alone, was already dead!

Hou Yi went to visit Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, while Puzhou City was temporarily controlled by his son Hou Renbao, the queen of the National Guard Army.

Seeing that Zhao Kuangzan came with 500 people, Hou Renbao hurriedly welcomed them into the city.

After Zhao Kuangzan took Zhang Lian and Hou Renbao on a tour, he quietly pulled Zhang Lian aside.

"The city of Puzhou is divided into two cities, flood and drought. From Liangguo to the west, if you want to go straight to Tokyo, you can only rely on the benefits of water transportation by the big river.

People from the Jin Dynasty after Houliu may not be credible. For safety reasons, it is better for you and me to occupy a village each. "

Zhang Lian nodded, but he was a little embarrassed, he was sent by Yelu Deguang to assist Zhao Kuangzan, Zhao Kuangzan should be allowed to guard Puzhou City, and he should guard Shui City.

However, Zhang Lian and his subordinates were all from the north, and they were taken captive to the desert grassland when they were young.

Zhao Kuangzan saw Zhang Lian's embarrassment, and said indifferently: "Why do commanders make embarrassments, they are all serving His Majesty, regardless of subject and guest.

Just ask the commander to send five hundred soldiers to me. Let's watch Hou Renbao guard Puzhou City. How about I go to Shuicheng by myself? "

An embarrassed expression appeared on Zhang Lian's face, and he cupped his hands gratefully.

"Zhao Jinwu is benevolent, a certain family is really not familiar with water warfare, so thank you here."

Zhao Kuangzan took the opportunity to say: "But these days, I still need to trouble Commander Zhang to guard the water city.

There are more than a hundred of the generals under his command who are natives of Hezhong. They haven't returned home for several years. Recently, people's hearts are fluctuating. So I have to go to appease them in person and arrange for someone to take their family members over. "

Zhang Lian nodded, with a clear smile on his face, Zhao Kuangzan's request seemed reasonable.

They have all arrived at Hezhong Mansion, if Ya Bing is not allowed to meet his family, there might be a big problem.

"Even if Zhao Jinwu goes, even though the water quality of a certain house is not good, it will be no problem if he stays there for five or ten days."

. . . .

As the grandson of King Zhao Dejun of Beiping and nephew of Emperor Mingzong Li Siyuan of the Later Tang Dynasty, he grew up in the Luoyang Palace and had always made friends with the three generations of Quan Quan.

Although Zhao Kuangzan and Hou Renbao are eight years apart, their friendship has always been good.

So Zhao Kuangzan was quite clear about Hou Renbao's character.

Hou Renbao's ability can only be said to be quite satisfactory. He is a qualified descendant of a family of military generals.

All the way from Tokyo, because Zhang Lian and others were by his side, it was inconvenient for Zhao Kuangzan to send a messenger to contact his father-in-law Zhang Zhao.

After arriving in Puzhou City and finally dismissing Zhang Lian, Zhao Kuangzan sent someone to report the letter, and at the same time went straight to visit Hou Renbao.

The importance of Puzhou in Hezhong is actually more important than what Zhao Kuangzan described to Yelu Deguang.

Since the pre-Qin period, Guanzhong forces wanted to send troops to the Central Plains, and Puzhou was one of the most important places.

Especially now, the area along the river has been hit by floods, droughts, locusts and man-made disasters. Almost all residents have fled and it is difficult to obtain supplies.

Then relying on the Yellow River water transport to transport grain, grass and luggage has become almost the only choice.

If Zhang Zhao occupies the river, he can use it as a logistics base and go down the river to beat up the Liao army.

If there is no river, Zhang Zhao can only be blocked in the west of Puzhou, forcibly chewing on this extremely dangerous Yellow River fortress.

So Zhao Kuangzan's initial plan was not to go directly to Guanzhong, but to take Hezhong and offer it to Zhang Zhao.

Hou Renbao's feelings towards Zhao Kuangzan were very complicated, because the Zhao family had too deep entanglement with the Khitan people.

As a member of Daibei Wuxun, since Yelu Abaoji broke his promise and violated the agreement with Li Keyong, Daibei Wuxun didn't feel very good towards the Khitan people.

Seeing Hou Renbao's constipated expression, Zhao Kuangzan smiled and walked directly to the inner house of Hou's house without saying a word.

"Where is the sister of the Wu family? Is she in good health? Didn't she say that she would marry her to someone? Where is the young lady of the Wu family?"

When Hou Renbao heard the words, his face suddenly darkened, "Your sister from the Wu family has already gone at the beginning of the year. Together with your young mother, a sudden mountain flood in my hometown swept away the other business, leaving no bones left."

Zhao Kuangzan was shocked, and he didn't speak for a long time. He looked at Hou Renbao, and there seemed to be tears in his eyes.

"I don't know where my sister's god is? Let's burn a stick of incense, my little brother. In the old days in Tokyo, I was greedy, but I didn't miss the meals served by my sister. At that time, my young lady was gentle and refined, like a big woman. I don’t want to have such bad luck.”

In the sad atmosphere, the relationship between the two suddenly drew closer, as if they had returned to the days when they were fooling around together.

In the back house of the Hou family, Zhao Kuangzan solemnly and mournfully offered a stick of incense to Hou Renbao's wife Wu Shi, then hesitation appeared on his face, and then he sighed again, looked at Hou Renbao and said.

"So that my elder brother can know that my brother's visit this time actually has other plans. I wanted to hide it from my elder brother, but in front of my sister's soul, I really can't bear to say any blasphemy."

Hou Renbao stared at Zhao Kuangzan for a while, and then said dryly: "If you come to persuade Brother Yu to join the Khitan and Liao Kingdom, then there is no need to say any more.

My father has already gone to Tokyo Mansion, so why is Lord Khitan worried?
Is it true that the Hou family will be relieved if they are all under house arrest in Tokyo? "

Seeing that Hou Renbao didn't look like a fake, Zhao Kuangzan was overjoyed, and then pretended to be a little angry.

"Brother, who do you think a certain Zhao Mei is? Although my surname is Zhao, I still have the blood of His Majesty the Ming Temple of the Later Dynasty. How could the nobles of Tianhuang bend their knees to be a barbarian?"

Hou Renbao was a little uncertain about Zhao Kuangzan's approach, he hesitated and said, "Don't blame Da Lang, if you are not here to persuade someone to go to Tokyo, what's the matter?

Didn't you come to ask for your brother to raise an army to resist with just these three thousand soldiers? "

Zhao Kuangzan glanced at Hou Renbao with a half-smile, "In front of my sister's spirit, why does my brother ask me? Don't you really know that Guanzhong has changed?"

Hou Renbao's face became extremely serious, he walked out the door abruptly, drove the guards outside the courtyard, and then came back to look at Zhao Kuangzan and said.

"Since it was Da Lang who asked the question, to be honest, His Royal Highness Zhang Wang did send someone to find XX, but XX's father is still in Tokyo, and he usually doesn't know what Zhang Wang's ambitions are, so he didn't say anything."

Zhao Kuangzan took a deep breath, looked at Hou Renbao and said: "A certain year ago at the foot of Mawei Slope, I had a relationship with King Zhang, and I know him very well.

His adopted son, Lord Nobunaga, is a fifteenth uncle, and also has a daughter of Wang Zhang. Although she is not of blood, she is regarded as the eldest daughter, and she is valued by her, so she promises to marry her.So Zhang Wang is really a certain Mount Tai.

The law of heaven reincarnates, the king's air changes, the king's air of my warriors in Hedong has been completely damaged by Shi's betrayal of the country and seeking glory.

The east of the river is poor day by day, and the king of the west of the river should come out.

A certain Taishan is a hero with great talent, and he is also the lord of benevolence and righteousness. He has a hundred thousand lions under his command, and Xiliang iron cavalry are extremely brave.

Yaogu, the ruler of the Liao Dynasty, went to the Central Plains three times, first defeating Qicheng and then Yangcheng. When Hebei was in a hurry, he had to survive with a camel.

If Du Chongwei and Li Shouzhen hadn't bent their knees shamelessly, would they have entered the Central Plains?
After that, Hu Qi drove around to fight grass and valleys, causing heroes from all over the world to rise up.

He was also under house arrest to meet the commanders-in-chief of the towns. How can he compare with Zhang Wang?

Wouldn't it be great if my elder brother could take refuge in Liangguo with the natural danger in the river, save the common people in the world and accumulate virtue for his descendants, and at the same time be a high-ranking official, earn a lot of money and bless future generations? "

Hou Renbao's eyes widened. He did not expect that Zhao Kuangzan would become the son-in-law of King Zhang of Hexi.

What was the reason why he didn't like the Jinyi envoy from Liangguo before?Isn't it because Liangguo doesn't have a place for him, Hou Renbao?

If the city can't be reused even if it is sacrificed, then why should he take the risk?

Besides, his father and elder brother are still in Tokyo. If he sacrifices the city, will his father and elder brother still be alive?

But now Zhao Kuang agreed with Zhang Wang's son-in-law, and with this relationship, he dedicated Hezhong. It is said that someone in the court is good at being an official, and one can escape from the merits of Long Dingding?

"It's a pity that my father and elder brother are still in Tokyo. If someone sacrificed the city and killed his relatives, wouldn't he be an unfilial and rebellious son!"

Hou Renbao thought for a while, but still hesitated.

"Brother, don't you know that loyalty and filial piety are difficult to achieve? It is great loyalty to dedicate to Hezhong and King Zhang to expel the northern captives. It is Daren to save the people who were ravaged by Khitan.

If all heroes in the world are trapped by the word filial piety, then who will be loyal to the country?

Thinking about it, Uncle Hou could also understand, besides, Lord Khitan may not necessarily kill them. "

After finishing speaking, Zhao Kuangzan showed a strange look on his face, and he whispered to Hou Renbao in a complicated manner: "Your Excellency is also in Tokyo."

Hou Renbao was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly remembered, yes!Isn't Zhao Kuangzan's father, Zhao Yanshou, also in Tokyo?

The two looked at each other again, and suddenly found that the light of 'filial piety' shone in each other's eyes.

This.!

Since everyone is a filial son, it will be fine!

　I suffered from heat stroke, so I went to get an injection in the morning, and I just finished typing when I came back.If five or six hundred words are missing, everyone will treat it as two in one.

　　Speaking of which, the weather in Chongqing is really outrageous. The temperature dropped to [-] degrees today, and I actually felt very cool. As a result, I didn’t turn on the air conditioner and suffered from heat stroke.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)