That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 932

When the decree of the center of the imperial court spread to Liangxiang, Yu Kuang held a small banquet specially for Xu Beiyou to celebrate. There were not many people with the banquet. Shentong and others happened to be sitting at a table, but Bingchen didn't go to the banquet because he didn't like such occasions.

Although Liangxiang has been besieged for many days at this time, as the person with the highest status in Liangxiang, it is not difficult for Yu Kuang to hold a banquet. In addition to a jar of 30-year-old Huadiao'erhong just taken out of the cellar, and Exquisite four-meat and four-vegetarian cold and hot dishes, the staple food is glutinous millet, fine noodles, buckwheat, glutinous rice and other thick and thin collocations, omnivorous and precious, very particular.

The chopsticks are pure white ivory chopsticks, and the wine glasses are made of green glaze from Dachu official kiln, which shows the luxury.

Yu Kuang, as the local host of this banquet, never expected that Xu Beiyou would be promoted so quickly. In just a few days, he jumped from a idle position as a commander to the left commander of the Chinese army wearing the seal of the general According to the law of Daqi, Xu Beiyou now has the power to control the generals in the south of the Yangtze River, of course, including him, the left governor of the rear army in the south of the Yangtze River.

The jar of 30-year-old wine was placed in front of Yu Kuang at this time. There was no attendant for this banquet. He held the jar in his hands, got up slowly from his seat, and said with a smile, "This jar of wine is from Taiping 14. At that time, Emperor Taizu was still in power, and 30 years passed in a blink of an eye, a new generation replaced the old, and the south return was insufficient, but the seal of the general was already worn in the first year of the year, and the hero was born as a teenager, so I used this altar Wine comes to toast the south."

After finishing speaking, Yu Kuang filled Xu Beiyou's glass first, and then poured wine for himself and others, but it was only [-]% full.

Xu Beiyou stretched out his hand to hold the wine glass, and said with a smile, "The good wind sent me to the blue sky by force. Xu thanked Governor Yu."

The two raised their glasses to each other, and then each drank it down.

However, the two of them sat and stood at the same time, just like the status of the two of them now has been completely reversed.

When Yu Kuang took office as the left governor of the Jiangnan Rear Army, he was proud of the spring breeze, and at that time Xu Beiyou had to take shelter of him, the king of Jiangnan. After coming down, Xu Beiyou became Yu Kuang's immediate boss, and this "Flying Bear" among the four handsome men couldn't help but think of an old saying that has been said by countless people, 30 years in Hedong, 30 years in Hexi, don't bully the young and poor.In fact, then again, where it takes 30 years, only three years is enough.

In this banquet, there was Qian Muzhai, a world-famous Confucian who is full of knowledge, Zhao Qing, an old man who has experienced many ups and downs, plus the exquisite Zhang Yuping and the gag Li Shentong, it was quite enjoyable.

After the happy break up, everyone got up and left, only Xu Beiyou and Yu Kuang stayed where they were.

Yu Kuang smelled of alcohol, but he didn't feel drunk, and said, "Nangui, now that things have happened, I have to say something."

Xu Beiyou said softly, "Commander Yu, please speak."

"Now Nangui, you are wearing the seal of General Pinglu and the left commander of the Chinese army. I can still call you Nangui by relying on my old man. If I follow the unwritten rules in the officialdom, I should call you Nanshuai. "Yu Kuang folded his hands and bowed, and said in a heavy tone: "Nan... Shuai, it seems that the court wants you to take charge of the overall situation in the southeast. The predicament cannot be solved by one hundred thousand sons of heaven and the army, after all, Xiao Jin's army has not lost its vitality, the river is still blocked by the Wei army, and even Liangxiang is in danger, the most urgent thing is to solve the siege of Liangxiang and the dilemma of Huzhou."

Xu Beiyou nodded and asked, "How to solve this dilemma?"

Yu Kuang got up and took a map accompanying the army, spread it out in front of Xu Beiyou, then leaned over and reached out and tapped lightly in the direction of Baidi City, "The key lies in Sun Shaotang of Shuzhou. If the Shu army wants to go out of Shu, Xiao Jin It can't be stopped, and there is no way to stop it, but there is one key prerequisite for the Shu army to go out of Shu, that is, Shuzhou is safe and sound. It is said that the world is in chaos before Shu is chaotic. This time there is no chaos in Shuzhou, which is commendable. There is chaos in the south of the Yangtze River."

Xu Beiyou looked at Shuzhou on the map, "Where is the trouble in Shuzhou?"

Yu Kuang straightened up and said, "There are two scourges in Shuzhou. One is from Shaanxi to Shu. Emperor Taizu took this road when he entered Shu. However, here is the Heavenly Dangerous Sword Pavilion, and in the middle of Shaanxi, there is the Northwest Front." Army, let’s not mention it for now, the key now lies in the second place, which is southern Xinjiang. Presumably Nan Shuai also knows that there was a lot of commotion here back then, forcing Wen Shuai to lead the former army of Shuzhou to conquer southern Xinjiang The barbarians, even the first emperor was sent there by Emperor Taizong Wen."

Speaking of this, Yu Kuang sighed a little, "If Shuai Wen hadn't fallen to the root of his illness when he conquered the southern border, he wouldn't have died at the hands of Xiao Shen."

Xu Beiyou said softly: "I remember that Shuai Wen had taken back the Seven Mansions of Nanzhong before returning to the imperial court, forcing the rebellious southern Xinjiang barbarians to retreat into the Shiwan Dashan."

Yu Kuang shook his head and said, "Shuai Nan has already said that the barbarians in southern Xinjiang just retreated into the Hundred Thousand Mountains instead of being completely wiped out by Shuai Wen. The so-called wild fire is endless, and the spring breeze blows again, with the support of the witch religion, these barbarians can revive at any time, and then recapture the Nanzhong Qifu they have always been thinking about."

Xu Beiyou said slowly, "I know a thing or two about the official cases of Nanzhong Qifu."

Yu Kuangdao: "This is also the evil fruit planted during the first southern expedition. Back then, Emperor Taizu conquered Shuzhou in the south and set up a Jiange camp. Lin Han was the official in charge of the camp and took charge of the military and political power in Shuzhou. Lin Han is the man. , cruel and greedy by nature, exploiting endlessly, repeatedly using the barbarians as an excuse to exploit the major families in Shuzhou, but in the end the fake show was real, forcing the major families in Shuzhou to secretly collude with the barbarians to rebel and seize Jincheng, the capital of Shuzhou."

"That time, Lin Han almost died in the chaos of Jincheng. After Lin Han escaped from Jincheng and returned to Jiange, he resolutely suppressed and recaptured Jincheng within a day. The leaderless rebels abandoned in haste. Fleeing from the city, the Jiange Camp's army marched to Jincheng, and all those who had colluded with the rebels in the city were beheaded and killed, and blood flowed into rivers for a while. Then the Jiange army wiped out the four houses, and then Lin Han awarded the Jiange Camp pay the injunction."

"I still remember the payment order clearly: 'In the sixteen prefectures of Shu Prefecture, anyone who participated in the rebellion will be killed immediately. Anyone who captures the leader of the rebel will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver and promoted to a higher level." For a while Exposures, slanders, and criticisms abound in the entire Shu Prefecture, and the entire Shu Prefecture is full of smog. Then, Lin Han's army went straight to Nanzhong. Although the barbarians are brave, they don't have an army formation. If ten people and a hundred people fight, the barbarians have a low chance of winning However, if there are more than a thousand people, facing the formidable Jiange army, the barbarians will have no chance of victory."

"So Lin Han's army went all the way south, destroying the villages when they encountered them, and killing the barbarians when they encountered them. Along the way, they wiped out no less than twenty barbarian tribes in the South and Central China. Often, after the army passed, only children less than the height of the wheel and a group of barbarians were left. The old, the weak, women, children, and adult men all died, and the tribes who dared to resist suffered even more tragic fate. Often, all men, women, and children were killed, and the village was burned. For a time, the whole Nanzhong and even Shuzhou were in turmoil, and Nanzhong The barbarians even referred to Lin Han as General Shura."

Yu Kuang sighed and said: "Until many years later, the word General Shura can still stop children from crying at night in southern Xinjiang. It can be seen how cruel and profound Lin Han's bloody methods were in Nanzhong at that time. It is also because of this that the barbarians in Nanzhong rebelled repeatedly. , and even in the Taiping period, most of Shuzhou was endangered, which made Shuai Wen have to lead the army to conquer."

Xu Beiyou was silent for a long time, and said, "I will go to Shuzhou in a few days."

(End of this chapter)