Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 646 Why are there so many loyal ministers and righteous men?

Zhang Tie was ready to return to Beijing, but the hot potato he threw scalded all the emperors and ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty so badly.

Since Gao Baoxu and Nanping soldiers fled thousands of people to Ezhou, the debate on how to deal with Gao Baoxu has not stopped.

Liu Renzhan, the envoy of the Qinghuai army in Shouzhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty, He Jingzhu, the envoy of the Wuchang army in Ezhou, Wang Chongwen, the envoy of the Yong'an army in Jianzhou, all suggested that Li Jing must take the opportunity to take Jiangling, and then reject the river. Shou.

In this way, even if the land of Huainan is lost, it can still be a Nanchen, waiting for the right time.

Uh!It cannot be said that their strategy is wrong, in fact, it is still very feasible.

The core of this strategy is Jiangling City. Taking Jiangling City prevents the Zhou army from building a powerful navy. Instead of competing with the Zhou army for the army, it relies on the navy to build a defense line.

Then concentrate the resources in Jiangling to support an elite imperial army to defend Gyeonggi.

And this should be said to be the only chance for Southern Tang, because everyone can see that as long as Zhou Guo gets Jiangling, he can immediately have a strong navy.

Coupled with the righteousness of the heavenly kingdom and the invincible land cavalry, it is hard to say whether the Southern Tang Dynasty can survive the Li Jing period.

But if you do this, the risk is also very high. If you can take Jiangling, it’s not bad. If you can’t take Jiangling, it’s good to lose Huainan when the Zhou army retaliates. He left Jiangning Mansion, the western capital.

Li Jing's heart is also quite tangled. From the bottom of his heart, he hates Zhang Zhou far more than anyone else.

Because before Zhang Ke sent [-] cavalry to draw Li Jing's big pocket, Li Jing was very beautiful.

He inherited the Tang Kingdom from his father Li Min. After being governed by Yang Xingmi, Xu Wen, and Li Min, three generations of heroes, there are 120 soldiers, 300 million households, and [-] million Dingkou. It can be said that it is not strong.

Later, he also recruited the Jiedu Envoy of the Wuning Army in Xuzhou, Xuzhou of the Later Jin Dynasty, Hu Cile, who had all the land in Huaibei, and just defeated Wang Min, looking like he was in the sky.

Li Jing himself still thinks so, so when Du Chongwei, the envoy of the German Army Jiedu in Songzhou, took refuge in him, everyone in the Southern Tang Dynasty thought that Li Jing would be his destiny.

As long as they defeat Hexi Zhang Ji, who claims to revive the Tang Dynasty, but is actually just a bandit, the Tang Dynasty will be completely revived in Li Jing's hands.

It is a pity that in the end, the Southern Tang Dynasty spent millions of military expenditures, and got two disastrous defeats in Meng Zhuze and Yizheng, with more than 4 soldiers lost. Even the eastern capital Jiangdu Mansion (Yangzhou) was captured, and the western capital Jiangning had few available soldiers. defend.

Li Jing suffered two big blows in a row, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and he had to cut off the three prefectures of Chu, Hao, and Si in Huainan to Zhang Yu.

Especially the anger of the angel from Zhou Guo who grabbed his sleeve a few days ago made Li Jing want to kill someone now just thinking about it.

However, even though the hatred in Li Jing's heart was higher than the mountains and deeper than the sea, he couldn't make up his mind when he thought of the fear it brought to him when Zhou Junbing approached the river last time.

It's just that it's a critical moment of decision. What's more terrible than making a wrong decision is not making a decision.

Li Jing thought in his heart that he would get rid of the shame and stop being bullied by Zhou Guo, but he still couldn't make up his mind.

Under the procrastination of the Lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, an undercurrent surged in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

. . . .

Is Zhang Ting afraid that Nan Tang will suddenly intervene at this time? He is afraid, but he is not very afraid.

He said he was not afraid, because Zhang Ting had great confidence in the army under his command.

Since ancient times, there has never been a large city like Jiangling that can be captured by naval forces alone. The arrival of the Southern Tang army only caused trouble, and it was impossible to capture Jiangling.

I'm afraid it's because the Nanping navy hasn't fully digested it. The Jiedushi of the Wuchang Army in Ezhou and the Jiedushi of the Fenghua Army in Jiangzhou (Jiujiang) in the Southern Tang Dynasty both have strong navy troops. When crossing the river, I was worried that these two would steal the way.

Now if they go against the current, they will drag a large number of troops in Jiangling for a few more months. As soon as the cold winter arrives, Zhang Tie will have to withdraw his troops, and the golden opportunity to deal with Ma Chu will be lost.

More importantly, if, as in history, the Southern Tang army did not come to Jiangling, but entered Ma Chu and got mixed up with Ma Xi'e, it would be a little troublesome.

Compared with Jiangling, Hunan at this time has denser water networks and more swamps. Most places have to rely on boats to ferry. If there is help from the Southern Tang Dynasty, plus Ma Xie, a local snake, it may take a lot of money just to take down Tanzhou. Year calculation.

"Where are Zhang Shaodi and the others?" Zhang Teng summoned Li Xiaojie, the deputy commander of Jinyi's personal guards who was in charge of Jingnan and Hunan, and asked.

Li Xiaojie said to Zhang Ting with a sullen face: "Not only Zhang Shaodi, but also the generals from Ma Chu gathered around Ma Xiguang, and they were vague about my minister's temptation and win over.

Thinking about it, the biggest wish of these people is to return to Tanzhou to drive away Ma Xie, and then serve Ma Xiguang as the master, and strive to keep Chu. "

Zhang Ting nodded, "It seems that there are still many mediocre people in Ma Chu Kingdom!
They felt that with a powerful sage like me over their heads, it would be better to support a cowardly lord like Ma Xiguang, at least they could continue to be a master on the territory of Chu State. "

After a short pause, Zhang Ting said to Li Fang who was beside him: "Ma Xiguang was summoned here. If we want to solve the problem of Chu State, we still have to start with Ma Xiguang."

When Zhang Ting summoned Ma Xiguang, the gentleman was singing chanting Baosheng Tathagata.

This is the southern Buddha among the five buddhas of Buddhism, which corresponds to where Ma Chu is located, so Chu people believe in Buddhism, and more believe in this southern Buddha who gathers treasures and lives in the south.

Historically, when Ma Xiguang was cornered by Ma Xie, he personally wore black clothes and gathered monks to sing Buddhist scriptures at the top of the city, hoping that the Buddha would help defeat the enemy.

When he was caught and killed by Ma Xie, he kept chanting Baosheng Tathagata, and he was a devout Buddhist.

However, the more he believed in the Buddha, the more alienated he was from Zhang Ting. Don't think that everyone who believes in Buddhism will be close to Zhang Ting, on the contrary.

Because the set of six Dharma sects developed by Zhang Tie was borrowed from the three religions of the desert, the dharma principle is to enshrine the Buddha on a high level, and then use the supreme heaven to speak for the mortal world, so the more proficient in Buddhism, the more contradicted Zhang Tie.

Because Zhang Ting is just a layer of Buddhist skin, the inner layer is the three religions of the desert, and the innermost layer is actually a monotheistic religion of Chinese thought that is a mixture of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.

Compared with the current Buddhism, which still has a strong Indian style, it is completely two extremes.

Except for some Buddhist sects in Hexi, Anxi, and Qingtang who have ulterior motives or feel threatened by other sects all the time, few Buddhist eminent monks are accustomed to Zhang Tie, and privately regard Zhang Tie as heresy.

Ma Xiguang was like this. Before he got to know Zhang Ting deeply, he was attracted by Zhang Ting's status as the Supreme Merciful Buddha (King of Dharma). After he got to know him, Ma Xiguang immediately didn't want to get close to Zhang Ting.

It's just that in this matter, Ma Xiguang, who doesn't have much capital, doesn't have much room for bargaining.

He didn't want to get close to Zhang Ting, but if Zhang Ting wanted to get close to him, he had to obey.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhang Tie came over and took Ma Xiguang's arm, and said with a bit of pain: "Depi! I am very sad to hear that your wife Wang and her two sons died.

Now that the order has been ordered to be passed down to the provincial government, it is planned to posthumously present the Wang family as the wife of Changsha County, and your two sons will each present the inspector Sikong and the inspector Sima. What do you think? "

Ma Xiguang was restrained by his arms and could not salute, so he could only bow slightly. He looked at Zhang Ting with red eyes and thanked him, "Thank you for the sage's kindness, for being able to receive a posthumous gift from the lady of the county, my wife can more or less rest in peace. "

Zhang Ting patted Ma Xiguang's arm to express comfort, and then continued: "I heard that your eldest daughter died early, but your second daughter is still alive, and she was not killed by that thief Ma Xie.

Zhao Yanjin, my fifth son, lost his wife early, if Depi doesn't dislike it, we two can be in-laws. "

Ma Xiguang's second daughter had just turned sixteen, and she was cute and cute. This time Ma Xiguang took her to Tokyo and did not stay in Tanzhou, so she was not killed.

Without the slightest hesitation, Ma Xiguang said with great joy, "I don't know etiquette, I'm afraid I'll be wronged by Marquis Baoyi."

Of course he was happy. Except for Li Congyi, Zhang Tie's seven adopted sons were all capable of both civil and military skills. Although Zhao Yanjin was not as good as Murong Nobunaga and Li Cunhui, he looked more promising than Zhe Deyuan and Yang Jiye at present.

Now he still controls Zhang Zhou's navy and flying tiger army. Regardless of his status or ability, it is more than enough to match his Ma Xiguang's daughter.

Zhang Ting was also very happy. Just as he was about to say something else, Zhang Lieming hurriedly interjected, "Uncle, did you forget something?"

Zhang Tie looked at Zhang Lieming pretending to be puzzled, but he already knew what was going on in his heart, "What's the matter? Let me tell you."

Zhang Lieming quickly replied: "Uncle Seventeen came from the day before yesterday, and Eighth Aunt saw Ma Jieshuai's majestic figure, resembling her deceased husband, and intended to ask you to do something good for Yu."

"Ah!" Zhang Tie let go of Ma Xiguang's arm and clapped his hands lightly.

"How come I almost forgot about this, Depi! The eighth sister's deceased husband was originally a brave general under a certain command, but unfortunately died in battle.

Today, the eighth younger sister brings her second son. Although she is not as attractive as a fish or a wild goose, she is diligent and thrifty in managing the house, gentle and virtuous. Do you intend to be a brother-in-law of a certain person? "

Ma Xiguang's face suddenly turned pale, he was just a little cowardly, but not a fool.

He knew that if he married Zhang Ting's younger sister, although it would be an extra layer of security, it would also be an extra layer of prison.

In this way, marrying him halfway and having two sons, the daughter of Zhang's family, once encountering big right and wrong, she will definitely turn to Zhang's family. As long as she marries, it is equivalent to his Ma Xiguang's movements, which will be controlled by Zhang Tie.

Moreover, this arrangement, no matter how you look at it, seems that he does not want him to return to Tanzhou to take charge of the government, and he is going to swallow Chu State.

Ma Xiguang plucked up his courage and looked at Zhang Tie. Just when he was about to speak, he felt his mouth was extremely dry, and his throat seemed to be stuck with a rag. He wanted to say something, but he always felt blocked and couldn't speak. .

Zhang Tie grabbed Ma Xiguang's arm again, and almost pulled Ma Xiguang, who was a head shorter than him, to his chest.

Zhang Ting was condescending, and the breath from his nostrils hit Ma Xiguang's face directly. His hands were like iron clamps, and Ma Xiguang could not move an inch in the clamps.

"What? Is De Pi so happy that he can't speak?"

Zhang Tie spoke slowly one word at a time, each word seemed to pop out from between his teeth.

Ma Xiguang raised his head to look at Zhang Ting, and suddenly felt that this holy emperor, who usually seemed to be smiling, seemed to have flown above the nine heavens, and had turned into a divine dragon, with the golden light all over his body soaring, locking him tightly.

A sense of extreme danger of imminent catastrophe pressed on Ma Xiguang, every pore of Zhang Tie seemed to be exuding the question of "Do you fucking want to cut in half or Ling Chi?"

In an instant, all Ma Xiguang's thoughts disappeared in an instant. What Chu Kingdom, what throne, what Buddhist heresy is absolutely not as important as being alive now.

He couldn't help but knelt down on his knees, tears of 'joy' poured out all at once, "I'm only afraid that my fortune will be poor and my virtue will be shallow, and I won't be able to match the nobles of the emperor's family."

"Hahahaha!" Zhang Tie laughed a few times, let go of Ma Xiguang's wrist, and patted his shoulder approvingly by the way.

"King Wu Mu of Chu started his business as a carpenter and now owns thirteen prefectures, he is worthy of being called a hero.

Today, my brother Depi is so aware of the overall situation, how can it be that the blessings are weak and the virtues are shallow?Immediately, I named my eighth sister Princess Yutan, and bestowed on my younger brother and son-in-law the courtesy of a captain. "

Yutan is the northern gateway of Tanzhou, which is today's Yutan Town, Ningxiang County, Changsha City, and has a very important position in Machu.

Feng Ba Niang was made the princess of Yutan, and Ma Xiguang was given the same treatment as the princess' son-in-law captain, which was considered a great deal of face.

Now that the matter has come to this point, Ma Xiguang is cowardly by nature, and now he is going with the flow.

Zhang Tie immediately asked him to summon Zhang Shaodi, Liu Yantao, Li Yanwen and other Ma Chu army generals to come here.

Not long after, Zhang Shaodi, Liu Yantao, Li Yanwen and others were summoned to Zhang Kai's palace.

Different from the last few times when Zhang Ting sent people to recruit them and refused to accept them, this time the generals of the Ma Chu army unexpectedly gave the first-time kowtow to the king in a polite manner.

Zhang Tie returned an empty first salute indifferently, and then watched all the horses and generals of Chu army shout loudly.

"I ordered people to comfort you, and you waited silently. Now order Ma Depi to call, how quickly will it come?
Could it be that this Chu Fan is not a vassal of the Celestial Dynasty?I, the emperor of China, am I not your lord? "

Uh!Ma Xiguang's character is Depi.It was also the first time for Zhang Ting to call him this way, and he suddenly found that Depi was a good name, but it seemed inappropriate to use the surname Ma, right?

Seeing the emperor's fury, Liu Yantao, Li Yanwen and other generals were so frightened that they prostrated themselves on the ground, and dared not speak.

Only Zhang Shaodi looked as usual, looked at Zhang Ting and asked, "Dare to ask how the sage will arrange the heir?"

The heir king that Zhang Shaodi said of course refers to Ma Xiguang, because Zhang Teng has not formally canonized Ma Xiguang as the king of Chu, so he is only qualified to be the heir of the king of Chu, but he is not yet the king of Chu, so he can only be called that.

Zhang Tie replied in a daze: "I have already married Depi as a relative, and married as a noble daughter of the clan. In the future, we will be a family."

But Zhang Shaodi was relentless, "The savages from the foreign domain dared to ask the emperor, will the heir king guard Tanzhou in the future, or will he accompany the emperor?"

It's a bit interesting, Zhang Ting took a look at this guy called Shaodi, who was over forty years old, and known as Ma Chudongliang, and he didn't intend to hide it right now, and said in a deep voice: "Since we are a family, of course we must always be with me. about."

After saying this, Zhang Tie was ready for Zhang Shaodi and others not to cooperate. There are some people in this world who are stubborn and know that major events cannot be stopped, but they always want to be a car with their arms.

I didn't want Zhang Shaodi to hear what Zhang Ting said, but he suddenly prostrated himself on the ground and said: "Minister Zhang Shaodi, I'm here to see the Holy Son of Heaven."

This operation completely stupefied Zhang Tie, he looked at Zhang Shaodi who was prostrating on the ground and asked, "You refused to pay a visit before, why are you prostrating again now?"

Zhang Shaodi raised his head and said loudly: "The reason why the ministers did not go to court is because the ministers are the subjects of the Chu clan, how can there be any reason to go over the clan king to go to the emperor?

Today, His Majesty definitely wants to take the Chu Fan back to the country, there is no Chu Fan, and the ministers are the ministers of the emperor, and they will definitely come to see them.

Moreover, the two generations of ministers and others have been supported by the people of Chu for decades. If your majesty only wants to send them back to the heir king, you still have to persuade the sage not to send troops, so as not to lose their lives.

Because Ma Xie's influence in Chu has already been established, and he has no intention of accepting the vassal and returning to the country, so he should not move lightly.Now the sage decided to follow the story of Nanping, and only then did the ministers dare to serve the court. "

Zhang Ting was stunned. Didn't he say that the Five Dynasties had less loyal ministers and fewer famous ministers?How did you get here, good guy, there is no shortage of loyal people everywhere.

Those who know know that this is the Five Dynasties, but those who don’t know think this is the era when the Three Kingdoms at the end of Han Dynasty and the end of Sui Dynasty came together.

Ok!Under Zhang Shengren's banner of loyalty, filial piety and righteousness, another famous minister with great vision appeared.

So Zhang Tie hurriedly helped Zhang Shaodi up with ecstasy on his face, regardless of Ma Xiguang's embarrassment, he praised loudly.

"I originally thought that Chu Fan was located in the south of the sky, and that people who were loyal, filial, righteous, and righteous could not compare to the Central Plains. I didn't want to have such great talents as Qing. The next day, I put down the traitor Ma Xie. I will use Qing and others."

Zhang Shaodi also cooperated with Zhang Tie very much, and he said with emotion: "Xi'e is cruel, and it is unreasonable to plunder Tanzhou. I wait for the heavenly soldiers of the court, like a baby looking forward to Yeniang.

Seeing the sage today, I know the benevolence of the sage, please be a pioneer, and pacify the land of Chu for the sage. "

Zhang Ting immediately asked: "The plan will be released?"

But without waiting for Zhang Shaodi's reply, Zhang Cheng outside the door reported that Peng Shisong, the envoy of Ma Chu, had arrived.

Zhang Shaodi was overjoyed, "Congratulations, my lord! Peng Shisong came from the Peng family, the head of the local barbarians in Chen and Xi. He has a weird temper, but he is loyal and gracious.

He has been guarding Tanzhou for a long time, and he is quite famous. The Peng family is also from the wealthy family of Xidong in Chudi.

The sage won Peng Shisong's refuge, not only would Tanzhou be within reach, but he could also take the opportunity to appease the barbarians in the west of Huxiang, so that the land of Chu would belong to the country! "

　I was a little flustered today, so it was a little later, because some family members were recruited.

　　Book friends, it is better to buy some medicines for pain relief and fever reduction. The toxicity has indeed been weakened a lot, but it is definitely more severe than ordinary colds.Of course, this is from my personal observation. I don't know if the tiger will be asymptomatic after being recruited.

　　
　
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