A hundred flavors of life

Chapter 806 Leading the troops into battle! (Please order in full!)

Bian Xiang's defeat was not due to his incompetence, but to the fact that the information he received was incorrect.

Before attacking Daming Mansion, Bian Xiang knew that both Liang Taishu and Wang Taishou of Daming Mansion were incompetent. In his opinion, as long as Wang Ziteng was defeated, Daming Mansion and even the whole of Hebei would be at his fingertips.

But he didn't expect that those in charge of the defense of Daming Mansion would be masters and disciples Zhou Tong, Lin Chong, and Lu Junyi. That was why they suffered such a tragic defeat, even their lives were involved.

Seeing Bian Xiang's body, Hua Twelve and Lu Junyi immediately turned their horses and led their men to cover up and defeat the defeated rebels. In the end, they killed thousands of enemies and captured more than 10,000.

It’s not that Hua Twelve is cruel, it’s that once Bian Xiang died, tens of thousands of traitor soldiers became defeated. Without restraint, a big mess would inevitably occur and innocent people would be hurt. So whether it’s killing or arresting, we should solve as many as we can. .

After escorting the captured thieves back to Daming Mansion and handing them over to Zhou Tong and Lu Junyi, and telling them to take these people into their own hands, Hua Twelve proposed to return to Bianjing.

Zhou Tong could guess his apprentice's plan and nodded:

"Okay, Bianjing really can't delay, but I want to ask you, what do you think about Daming Prefecture? Do you want to go to the court and send another Daming Prefecture magistrate?"

Hua Twelve smiled slightly: "Teacher, if it weren't for me, this Daming Mansion would have fallen into the hands of thieves long ago. Why should I return what I got to the court with my own ability?"

Zhou Tong looked at the two apprentices with a complicated expression. After a long while, he sighed softly:

"That's fine, Daming Mansion has a master to help you take care of it, so that you won't have to worry about anything. However, the master is a military strategist who manages the army but not the people. I recommend someone to you. If Chong'er, you can let him take charge. Daming Mansion, your help is like adding strength to a tiger!"

Hua Twelve was overjoyed. What he had just said was rebellious and he was ready to be scolded by the teacher. He did not expect that the teacher would have such an attitude.

This is the first time Zhou Tong has made a clear stand to support him, so there is no reason to be unhappy.

To be honest, Hua Twelve has never shown his disapproval in front of his junior brother Yue Fei. After all, he is 'loyal to Yue Fei'. Who knows if his current junior brother is stubborn.

Now with Zhou Tong's support, not to mention Lu Junyi's side, Yue Fei's side also has a chance of winning, which makes Hua Twelve's basic position more stable.

He immediately smiled and said: "I have a teacher who is even more powerful than a tiger, but the talents recommended by the teacher are definitely extraordinary. I wonder who the talented person is?"

Zhou Tong glared angrily at his apprentice who was smiling playfully with him, and then said: "This person's name is Zongze. He is an old friend of his master, and now he is the judge of Dengzhou!"

"Zongze?"

Hua Twelve naturally knew that this man was a famous anti-gold general and national hero. He was definitely a capable person.

When Zhou Tong saw Hua Twelve thinking deeply, he thought he looked down on a low-level official like Tongpan, so he quickly said:

"My old friend is a capable man. Not only is he good at governing the world, but he is also proficient in military tactics. His attainments in the art of war are not as good as those of a teacher. He cannot be reused because he has offended the powerful officials in the court!"

Hua Twelve naturally believed in Zhou Tong, but he was worried about other things.

When Hua Twelve was promoted to the position of Jiedu Envoy of the Beijing Camp, Zhou Tong mentioned Zongze to him. Although he did not mention it clearly, the implication revealed in his words was that he asked him to help this old friend.

At that time, Hua Twelve pretended not to understand, because if he had no other thoughts, it would be easy to say anything. In that case, the people he admired most were loyal ministers and good generals like Zongze, Li Gang, and Yue Fei. When the other party encountered difficulties, he would help him or something. There is no shirking the responsibility.

However, Hua Twelve had rebellious intentions and wanted to replace the Zhao and Song dynasties.

In this case, he would not dare to use these people, and the more capable these people are, the less he would want to use them.

Fortunately for Yue Fei, he is still young and has an undecided personality that is easily influenced. Hua Twelve is still his senior brother, and with the support of Zhou Tong, he can probably win.

But this Zongze is different. In Hua Twelve's view, Zongze is the kind of loyal minister who tweets. If he praises the other party and is entrusted with important tasks by the court, he will turn against him when the time comes. , the greater Zongze's ability, the greater the trouble it will cause him.

Hua Twelve no longer concealed his concerns at this time and told Zhou Tong his concerns. The old master smiled:

"Don't worry, my old friend is loyal to the land of China, to the Han family, and to hundreds of millions of people, not to a dynasty with one family name!"

After Zhou Tong said this, he told Hua Twelve about his old friend. It turned out that Zongze was an upright man and often offended his superiors for things he couldn't understand. Therefore, he was nearly sixty years old and was still just a minor judge.

Take the appointment of Dengzhou as an example. After Zongze became the general magistrate of Dengzhou, he discovered that the land in Dengzhou was already barren. There were hundreds of hectares of clan official land alone, all of which were barren. The annual rent of more than 10,000 yuan was transferred to on the local people.

Zongze reported to the court and relieved the people of this burden. This offended many clan dignitaries. It is strange that he could be promoted in this way.

After hearing Zhou Tong's assurance, Hua Twelve thought for a while and said: "Then I'll give it a try. This time when I return to Bianjing, I will find a way to transfer Mr. Zong to Daming Mansion as an official. Then the task of persuading him will be handed over to him. Master, you are here!"

When Zhou Tong heard his agreement, he couldn't help feeling very happy.

That night, Hua Twelve took Shi Xiu back to Bianliang with Xiaoyao Yufeng. The next morning, he greeted the daughters at home and went to the capital camp first. After seeing nothing unusual, he went to the Palace Commander's Mansion. Meet Gao Qiu.

Old God Gao Qiu Zheng was watching the singer dance. Since he recovered his male function, this old man's desire in this area has been relatively strong. In the past, when he saw the singer wearing light gauze and dancing gracefully, he felt calm in his eyes. Now there are small fires in my eyes.

Hua Twelve came in uninvited, and Gao Qiu quickly waved:

"Come on, Master Lin, let's see how my newly acquired singer from the Western Regions is doing!"

Teacher Hua Twelve sat down beside him unceremoniously, and a servant served him some fragrant tea. He took the teacup and raised his nose to smell it, um, Biluochun, it’s called frightening fragrance at this time.

He took a sip and praised: "Good tea, fill a jar for me later!"

Gao Qiu was also drinking tea. When he heard this, he immediately sprayed it, which made him choke in his lungs. He coughed for a long time. Do you want to take it back to take a bath? It’s a full tank!

Hua Twelve waved his hand and ordered for Gao Qiu: "Everyone, please go down. I have something to say with Mr. Taiwei!"

The singers and servants stopped when they heard this, but did not go down. They looked at Gao Qiu, who waved his hand helplessly and asked everyone to go down.

As soon as they left, Hua Twelve's five senses were fully activated. Now he was half a human being. His senses instantly enveloped the Palace Commander's Mansion, and he finally found the hidden master of the Enshrinement Department.

There were two people. One was sitting cross-legged on the beam of the White Tiger Hall, swallowing and breathing. He didn't know what kind of kung fu he was practicing. The other was drinking and sunbathing in the main hall of the Palace Commander's Mansion. They were both innate masters, but their strength was average and not as good as innate ones. The level of the Grand Master was equivalent to the strength of those he had killed in the White Tiger Hall before.

It seems that an official of Gao Qiu's level is only worthy of the protection of such an expert.

After making sure that the two people were at a safe distance and could not hear the conversation between him and Gao Qiu, Hua Twelve said to Gao Qiu:

"Now that war is raging everywhere, can't you, a high-ranking member of the imperial court, be more nervous?"

Gao Qiu even laughed: "Didn't the imperial court send troops to put down the rebellion? Don't worry, the scabies disease, once the imperial troops arrive, they will definitely sweep away thousands of troops!"

"Besides, if they lose and let the rebels become bigger, wouldn't you have a chance?"

Prince Tengxin was defeated. At this time, the court had not received news, so Gao Qiu made this statement. Hua Twelve smiled slightly: "No need to say any more, I can tell you that Wang Ziteng has been defeated. He rushed forward greedily for credit. The 150,000-strong army was dispersed by Tian Hu's army. He only fled back to Daming Mansion with a few thousand soldiers and horses. Tian Hu's general Bian Xiang came to Damingfu City with 50,000 pursuing troops!"

Gao Qiu's hand trembled: "When did this happen? Prince Teng must have just mobilized his troops and horses not long ago. How could he be defeated so quickly? I don't believe it is true or false!"

Hua Twelve is speechless, and you still don’t believe it. Do you think you are Lu Yu?

He pointed at himself with a smile: "Because I have been in Daming Mansion for the past two days. Prince Teng was defeated and returned to Daming Mansion. I personally killed him to sacrifice the flag. Then I led the defenders of Daming Mansion to kill Bian Xiang and defeated him. Defeated the 50,000-strong army that rebelled against the thieves!"

He immediately recounted what happened in the past two days, and then asked: "Sir Taiwei, what do you think?"

Gao Qiu's hands were trembling: "I'll sit and watch!" He learned this sentence from Hua Twelve, and now he speaks it smoothly.

Immediately he reacted: "The world is about to be in chaos. The officials have just sent envoys to Jin by sea to discuss the matter of jointly destroying Liao. Now Wang Ziteng has mobilized elite border troops to quell the chaos. This defeat will definitely put Zhending Mansion in a panic. If the news leaks out. , attracting the Liao Kingdom to invade, the northern city will not be able to stop it at all!"

Hua Twelve nodded. He had also thought of this and immediately said: "Now my teacher Zhou Tong is in charge of Daming Mansion. Please help me transfer someone there. If the Liao Kingdom invades the border, I will be sure to solve it!"

Gao Qiu was both happy and worried. What he was happy about was that, according to his master's words, Daming Mansion was already under control. If he controlled Daming Mansion, the whole of Hebei would be no problem. What he was worried about was that the Liao Kingdom would not be so easy to deal with. .

Dangzhi asked: "Who is it?"

"Master Zong Zezong, the general judge of Dengzhou!"

"It turns out it's him!" Gao Qiu nodded and said, "This man is capable, but he just doesn't know what to do. He has offended many people. It's a bit difficult to transfer him to Daming Mansion!"

"Where's the money?" Hua Twelve asked tentatively.

Although he had many ways to get Zongze to go to Daming Mansion to help Zhou Tong, he preferred to follow the formal court appointment and dismissal procedures. After all, it has always been about "justice" since ancient times. Even if he didn't care about this, it was undeniable. If there is appointment and dismissal from the imperial court, it will be easier for Zongze to carry out his work in Daming Mansion.

Gao Qiu smiled when he heard this and nodded happily: "You can spend money!"

"Then how much will it cost to get Zongze a magistrate of Daming Prefecture or something like that?"

Gao Qiu seemed to see Hua Twelve losing money, he couldn't help but smile on his face, and stretched out a finger: "The famous magistrate is a fat vacancy, frontier trade, salt, iron, and livestock trading can be reached. At least this number!”

"One hundred taels of silver?"

Gao Qiu really wanted to kick him over with a big flying leg. What were he thinking? You can get it for nothing. He gritted his teeth and said:

"One million taels of silver, or one hundred thousand taels of gold!"

Hua Twelve nodded indifferently: "Okay, I want this to be the prefect of Daming Prefecture. It's best to help my teacher get the position of prefect, so that he can be justified!"

Gao Qiu's eyes lit up: "The prefect is cheaper, and it costs thirty taels of silver. Cai Jing, Yang Jian, Liang Shicheng, and some people from the Yushi Yanguan all have to be dealt with."

Hua Twelve stood up and made the final decision: "I won't bargain with you anymore, let's just do it. When the news comes from Daming Mansion, you can start operations!"

After he finished speaking, he walked out. Gao Qiu quickly said, "Where's the money?"

"No need to ask, you can help me first!" After Hua Twelve said this, he had already left without a trace.

Gao Qiu's lips were trembling. He really wanted to go out and scold the streets. I've helped you so much, when are you going to pay me back?

One day later, an urgent call came from Daming Mansion’s eight hundred miles:

Wang Ziteng was defeated and was beheaded by the rebel bandit Tian Hu's general Bian Xiang at the gate of Damingfu. Fifty thousand rebels attacked the city for two days. The prefect Liang Shijie and the prefect Wang Ren were killed in the battle, and the north gate was broken.

Fortunately, Zhou Tong, the teacher of the Royal Boxing Hall, and his disciple Lu Junyi gathered in Wuqian Township to fight the enemy bravely, and finally killed the rebel Bian Xiang and defeated the enemy of 50,000.

This eight-hundred-mile expedited letter was of course the product of Hua Twelve's discussions with Zhou Tong and Lu Junyi. The entire article did not mention anything about him, the great general of the Song Dynasty, otherwise it would be difficult to explain at all.

The news spread, and the government and the public were shocked. When Zhao Ji first listened to Dai Quan's reading, he slumped in his chair.

150,000 northern elites, all frontier troops who have seen blood, went to fight a ragtag group of peasants and untouchables, but they lost the battle right after they started fighting. What a waste.

Fortunately, the result was good, Daming Mansion still held on.

Zhao Ji is okay as an artist, but when big things happen he has no idea and doesn’t know where to start!

He quickly asked all the ministers what they should do.

At this time, Gao Qiu stood up and said that Zhou Tong was the best in the world in martial arts and a rare master of military arts. Being able to defeat Tian Hu's army was enough to prove his ability, so he recommended Zhou Tong as the governor of Daming Mansion.

In addition, Dengzhou Tongpan Zongze, who was loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and had the ability to govern affairs, recommended him to temporarily act as the prefect of Daming Prefecture.

Gao Qiu still has political wisdom, and the prefect of Daming Prefecture is a hot topic. Although it is a bit troublesome now, if Zongze is directly recommended as prefect, some people will be jealous and opposed. But if he is temporarily appointed, it will be different. He can just withdraw later. , this prevents those people from objecting out of jealousy.

The most important thing is that just two words can save him hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Gao Qiu glanced at Cai Jing, Yang Jian and others, and these people immediately understood that this was another round of money.

Cai Jing was devastated by the loss of his beloved daughter and son-in-law. He felt that if he could make some money, he could heal his pain, so he immediately left work to respond to Gao Qiu's suggestion.

As soon as Cai Dang saw that his master was moving, many people immediately stood up to respond.

Although Li Gang and other Qingliu disdain Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others, they had a very good impression of Zongze, so they also stood up and agreed with Gao Qiu's suggestion.

Zhao Ji was already in great confusion, but when he saw that the ministers were unanimous in their opinions, he agreed and ordered to transfer Tongzhou Tongpan Zongze to Hebei to temporarily act as the magistrate of Daming Prefecture and take charge of Daming Prefecture affairs!

In this way, Zongze arrived at Daming Mansion with a confused face. Only after meeting Zhou Tong did he understand the whole story, and his mood was extremely complicated for a while.

The matter in Hebei was settled, but bad news came from Jiangnan. Mingjiao Fang La defeated several soldiers of the imperial court in a row, and his momentum was so great that he almost unified Jiangnan.

At this time, Tong Guan was encircling Wang Qing and was unable to escape. Zhao Ji wanted to mobilize the Western Army to counter the rebellion, but was strongly opposed by the Manchu civil and military forces. He said that the Western Army had the responsibility of intimidating Xixia. The responsibility was heavy and should not be taken lightly. The incident of Wang Ziteng was a lesson learned from the past. , if the Western Army is defeated again, the country will be in danger.

After some debate in the court, at Gao Qiu's suggestion, Hua Twelve finally got the opportunity to lead his troops on an expedition, and was ordered to go to the south of the Yangtze River to annihilate the Mingjiao rebellion.

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