Han ride

Chapter 345 You have Zhang Liangji, I have a wall ladder
"Father, don't worry too. It's better to have a general soldier from Dongjiang Town than nothing." Wu Sangui persuaded from the side: "There are always solutions to things."

"Is there any way? It can only be one word, just procrastinate." Wu Xiang just shook his head.

"Father, you have the imperial decree. I think that on and off Pidao, except for Li Xin and Zhang Cai, the rest of the generals still have their hearts towards the imperial court. Although they are a little dissatisfied with you as the commander-in-chief, they dare not be aboveboard. objection.” Wu Sangui rolled his eyes, with a trace of treachery on his face, and sneered, “If Li Xin was in Pidao, there would be no way. Now that the road is blocked by heavy snow and Li Xin is far away in the clouds, it is extremely inconvenient to transmit information. Wait for him to get the news. , I'm afraid it will be the beginning of spring next year. Father can take this opportunity to make a long-term plan."

"How to discuss?" Wu Xiang suddenly became interested.

"The chief soldier of Dongjiang Town didn't have to sit in Phi Island originally, just like Huanglong, who used to be in Lushunkou. My father went to Dongjiang Town this time, just like Huanglong, sitting in Lushunkou, and then summoned the generals on Pidao. On the one hand, Go to Phi Island to receive military power and deliver food and grass with imperial decree, and by the time these generals find out, it is already too late, even if they object, there is nothing they can do about it." Wu Sangui's mouth showed a hint of complacency.His strategy is actually not very clever, he only used the time difference and an imperial decree, but these two things are very real.

"That's right, if Zhao Guang came, I would find a mistake, teach him a lesson, and kill him, that would be even better." Wu Xiang said viciously.Now that Li Xin has been offended, he should just offend him to the end. Judging from this decree, Li Xin did not gain the emperor's trust as in the legend.

"Father is wise." Although Wu Sangui subconsciously felt that something was wrong, he still nodded when he thought of the haunted figure in his mind. Wu Sangui was still very willing to add trouble to Li Xin.More importantly, the opportunity was so rare that Li Xin could not get any news at all because the road was blocked by such heavy snow.This adds a lot of convenience to the plan.

"We will set off immediately. We will transfer our servants and our own soldiers to go to Lushunkou. We will take over Lushunkou first. Lushunkou also has sailors. We will take over temporarily with the imperial decree. This is the power in my hands. Let those guys come, if they don’t come, hehe, that’s disobedience to the imperial decree.” Wu Xiang said loudly: “Go, go immediately.” Now that the new year is approaching, this guy has not passed the year, and rushed to Lushun with Wu Sangui Xingye At the mouth of Lushun, he also sent people to fly to Pidao, and transferred Zhao Guang and others to meet him at the mouth of Lushun.

Phi Island did not know that the imperial court's ownership of Phi Island had changed, and the entire Phi Island was still immersed in the joy of victory, and Dorgon finally retreated.The two sides fought fiercely for nearly [-] days, and finally the day before the New Year's Eve, Dorgon received Huang Taiji's decree to retreat and led the remaining army to leave Phi Island.The Phi Island defense battle was finally won. Although the loss was too much, and the company commander Huanglong was killed by an arrow, Phi Island was finally saved.Just relying on this, it was enough to make Phi Island happy, even the King of Joseon on the other side secretly sent some gifts to express his congratulations.

Even the unsmiling Zhang Cai ordered people to prepare wine and food, and distributed them to the three armies. Everyone drank in the White Tiger Festival Hall. Li Weiluan and the others were crying and making noise, shouting to kill Jiannu, and sighing at Huanglong suffering.Zhao Guang and Zhang Cai, who got started, also lamented repeatedly.

Suddenly, a personal soldier came in, holding a document in his hand, looking at Zhao Guang, and said loudly: "There is a document from the general soldier of Dongjiang Town to do this, saying that he is looking for General Zhao."

"General Soldier of Dongjiang Town?" These five words woke up everyone in the lobby, and they all looked at Zhao Guang.His eyes were full of surprise. Everyone knew about Huanglong's last order, which was to let Zhao Guang succeed him and become the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town. Another soldier from Dongjiang Town came.

"Where did you get the bird document?" Sun Yinglong had a bad temper, was drinking high, couldn't help standing up, snatched the document from the soldier, and read it aloud.

"Imperially ordered the general of Dongjiang Town to command Pidao and Lushunkou Junmen Wu, and write Pidao..." Sun Yinglong, the boss with his eyes wide open, took a last look at the document and saw the word "Wu Xiang" written on it, and suddenly He exclaimed in surprise: "Why is this thief Wu Xiang becoming the general soldier of Dongjiang Town?"

"Why is it Wu Xiang?" Li Weiluan and other Pidao generals also woke up from the wine at this time, and shouted one after another. Zhang Cai and Zhao Guang above looked at each other and remained silent.

"Junmen, what should I do?" Sun Yinglong held the document in his hand and didn't know what to do.In the battles these days, everyone on Phi Island admired Zhao Guang very much. Whether it was the talent of commanding troops or martial arts, he was the leader of all the generals, and all the generals admired him. Although the imperial court has not yet issued an imperial edict, they still Respect him as a military gate.It's just that I didn't expect that the imperial court did not follow Huang Long's suggestion, but transferred a Wu Xiang to be the general soldier. What kind of character is Wu Xiang? The means are powerful people.In the last battle of Daling River, he was the one who escaped first, which caused the defeat of the three armies, and finally made Li Xin.As for snatching Li Xin's merits, it is already very small in this matter. How can the generals be convinced if such a person is the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town.

"It seems that the court is afraid of Lord Hou." Zhang Cai stroked his beard, and there was no joy or anger on his face, but he could still see some disappointment from his eyes.

"Wu Xiang, such a villain can also be the chief soldier. Could it be that the imperial court is planning to give up Pidao?" Sun Yinglong became even more disdainful.Phi Island was able to defeat Jiannu, which was due to the credit of Zhao Guang and others. If Li Xin hadn’t left behind hundreds of thousands of stones of grain and grass to support it, and if Zhang Cai hadn’t presided over the overall situation of repairing the city wall, I’m afraid that Jiannu would strike and be killed by Jiannu in the first wave. If they rushed to Phi Island, the Phi Island army would suffer countless casualties.Who is Wu Xiang? He is not good at fighting, but he is a veteran at making money. Let such a person be the general soldier of Pidao. In a year or two, Pidao will give it up.

"It's impossible to give up." Zhang Cai stroked his beard, brought Wu Xiang's papers over for a closer look, and said with a sneer, "Wu Xiang asked me to wait for Pidao and go to Lushunkou to meet him, hehe, what a plan. It’s a good one to draw from the bottom of the pot.”

"Sir, you mean that he wants us to meet him as part of a trick?" Sun Yinglong snorted coldly.

"We have all gone, and no one is in charge of the Phi Island. If he sends another person, he can calmly subdue the army on the island." Zhang Cai said slowly: "As for us, look at the date on it, the letter is [-] It was sent out a few days ago, that is to say, Wu Xiang has already arrived at Lushunkou, at least five days. He has the sacred decree, so he can easily conquer Lushunkou and control the Dengzhou Navy. That place is now Wu Xiang It’s over to Xiang, when we get to that place, will we still have a chance to resist? If we resist, isn’t that just an excuse for Wu Xiang to clean us up? If we don’t resist, then the Pidao will belong to him.”

"It's really a good plan." Li Weiluan lost his voice: "Sir, what should we do now? He has the holy decree, even if we object, he is also the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town. If we oppose it, it is against the imperial decree. To resist the decree is to Killing the Nine Races."

"Hmph, Phi Island is so important, but it is handed over to Wu Xiang, an incompetent person. Such a court doesn't want it! What if it's the other way around? We will follow Lord Hou to fight the world." Sun Yinglong said coldly.As soon as this remark came out, the entire hall fell silent, and everyone looked at Zhang Cai and Zhao Guang who were at the top. These two were Li Xin's stay on Phi Island, and they were the most representative of Li Xin.To be honest, these generals all admire the strong, and with Li Xin's bribe at the beginning, it can be said that Pidao is Li Xin, but it is one thing to belong to Li Xin, and another thing to rebel. If Li Xin rebelled, everyone I'm afraid I have to think about it seriously.

Zhang Cai saw everyone's expressions in his eyes, and sighed even more in his heart. The court made a foolish move, which made the soldiers of Pidao alienated for no reason, and Li Xin took advantage of it.

"Marquis Zhengbei is loyal to the imperial court and the Han people. There is no doubt about it. As for the rebellion, we are all Han Chinese. How could the court's loyal and brave men rebel?" Zhang Cai glanced at everyone and said: " In the future, don't mention this rebellion talk, even if Zheng Beihou hears it, I'm afraid he won't like it."

"Then, sir, what should we do now? Or, order someone to send a letter to Lord Hou, and ask Lord Hou to make a decision." Li Weiluan tentatively asked.

"It's too late, not to mention, time is tight, even if the time is not tight, and the road is blocked by heavy snow right now, it will be a problem whether this document can reach Lord Hou." Zhao Guang shook his head and said: "Sir, why don't you leave some of them to sit on Phi Island?" , some of them went to Lushunkou, let’s see Wu Xiang again?”

"Inappropriate." Zhang Cai shook his head and said, "No matter which one of us has gone, no one wants to come back, because Wu Xiang left you behind, distributes missions, dispatches generals, this is his power, as long as you are transferred, he will You can meddle your confidants in Phi Island. So none of us can go."

"Not going?" Li Weiluan and others hesitated.This is a typical disobedience to military orders, and according to Wu Xiang's personality, he might be angry and want everyone's heads.

"Dorgon violated the border and left at this time. If Jiannu comes to attack again, who can resist?" Zhang Cai said with a smile: "We have Deputy Commander Zhao in Pidao, and the generals will assist us to deal with Jianu together." Slave. Presumably our commander-in-chief will agree. After all, state affairs are the most important thing! Hey, who made too many slaves?" Zhang Cai said with a smile, pointing to everyone in the hall.

"Jiannu?" Li Weiluan and the others looked surprised when they heard this, and soon laughed.

"Okay, according to the master's plan, from tomorrow on, I, Sun Yinglong, will be a slave for a while. We will do it one by one, let's see what Wu Xiang can do to us?" Sun Yinglong laughed loudly.

"Haha, not only General Sun, but all generals can go for a walk." Zhang Cai said with a smile: "As for General Zhao, since the imperial court appointed the general as the deputy commander-in-chief, he just sits in Pidao. If you want to come, even if someone comes If you come to trouble Phi Dao, with General Zhao around, there is nothing you can do about it.”

"In this case, there are Mr. Lao and the generals." Zhao Guang said solemnly.He didn't care about his own life or death, but this skin island was related to Li Xin's great cause. Before leaving, Li Xin entrusted the skin island. If he lost it in his own hands, what face would Zhao Guang have in the future? Where are you meeting Li Xin?Now that Zhang Cai came up with an idea for himself, he was relieved.

After the generals dispersed, only Zhang Cai and Zhao Guang were left in the White Tiger Festival Hall. Zhang Cai stood up, but instead of the calmness just now, there was a trace of melancholy on his face.

"Mr. Zhang, what's wrong?" Zhao Guang was careful, and he looked clearly puzzled and said, "Right now, Wu Xiang's troubles have been resolved, why is there still a gloomy expression on Mr. Wang's face?"

"General Zhao, Lord Hou has already aroused the vigilance of the court." Zhang Cai shook his head and said, "This Wu Xiang is just a wayfinder. If we can escape once this time, there will be a second appearance. And, You didn't realize that Lord Hou's place is too big, but the foundation is shallow. We didn't realize it in time when the imperial court made such an important decision as the Pidao general. If there are other things in the future, it will be more dangerous to target Lord Hou. ?"

After Zhao Guang heard this, he remained silent.Even he himself discovered this problem. Li Xin has many soldiers and horses, but his foundation is shallow. He doesn't know how many people are needed to rule the grassland. Let's see how many people Li Xin has now, and more importantly, intelligence. Now, Li Xin is not aware of some situations in the court.This is quite unfavorable for a nascent regime.And this time Wu Xiang made the first test of Pi Dao, which means that behind this is the second or the third time.

"Then according to what you want?" Zhao Guang asked with some concern.He can stop the first time, but Wu Xiang and even the court are staring at Pi Dao, he really doesn't know what to do?
"Give up Phi Island." Zhang Cai's eyes were shining, and he looked into the distance and said: "You have a sense of devotion and virtue, Lord Hou has obtained too many things in the past few years. Sometimes, having too many things is not necessarily a good thing." , especially if he does not have enough strength to protect himself, he will drag himself down, even become a huge burden, and finally drag himself down."

Zhao Guang was taken aback when he heard the words, and finally shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Phi Island has a lot to do with it, and it can play an important role in the future when Lord Hou is fighting against Jiannu. This is why Lord Hou expends so much effort to manage Pi Island. If you give up Pidao easily like this, not to mention the Marquis will not agree, even the generals of Pidao will not agree."

"Hmph, a real hero doesn't care about the gains and losses of a city or a place. Phi Island is originally isolated overseas. If the power of Lord Hou has reached Jinzhou, the role of Phi Island will be very important. But the influence of Lord Hou It’s still on the grassland, what’s the use of this island. If Lord Hou cares about the gains and losses of Pi Island, it means that his vision is too narrow. A leader with narrow vision is not worth following.” Zhang Cai said unceremoniously Said.

"Since Mr. thinks so, why not write a letter to Lord Hou." Zhao Guang said curiously.

"This kind of thing can only be understood by the owner himself. No matter what we say, Lord Hou won't listen to it. No matter what I say, Zhang Cai, there is nothing I can do." Zhang Cai shook his head. He was captured by Li Xin. My heart is still in the Ming Dynasty, and I don't agree with Li Xin.So when Li Xin left Phi Island, he took the initiative to stay in Phi Island, not following Li Xin to Yunzhong.On the one hand, it was because of something in his heart, and on the other hand, he wanted to see if Li Xin's actions were worth his help.

"Sir, what do you think Wu Xiang will do after being rejected by us?" Zhao Guang asked suddenly.

"Then how do you know?" Zhang Cai shook his head and said, "No matter what, Wu Xiang probably won't let us go on Phi Island. What's more, do you see his purpose? Not only because of military power, but also food and grass?"

"Wu Xiang has taken a fancy to the grain and grass of our Phi Island? That's what Hou Ye left for Phi Island for us to manage Phi Island, how can I give it to Wu Xiang?" Zhao Guang snorted coldly: "Where is there such a thing in this world? What a good thing? At the beginning, Lord Hou took the risk of offending the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, and finally took the food and grass, how could he give it to Wu Xiang?"

"Actually, Wu Xiang doesn't have the guts to seize our food and grass. Although he is an incompetent person, he also knows the importance of food and grass in Liaodong. If he wants to keep Phi Island, he won't touch us. These grains and grasses." Zhang Cai shook his head and said, "Actually, it is not Wu Xiang who wants these grains and grasses, but His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty."

"Emperor Chongzhen?" Zhao Guang looked at Zhang Cai in surprise and said.

"Who is it if it's not him? The imperial court lacks food and grass. Especially in Liaodong, these hundreds of thousands of stones of food and grass can solve many problems. How could Emperor Chongzhen let it go?" Zhang Cai said disdainfully: "Look at it ! If I were Wu Xiang, I would come to Phi Island in person, and I must take this food back."

"Probably not!" Zhao Guang said hesitantly, "This is our territory."

"Yes or no, it depends on his courage." Zhang Cai shook his head.The generals in the imperial court are all incompetent people, he has heard of Wu Xiang before, if nothing else, his skill in fighting and escaping is unmatched by anyone in the world.Such a person is also a cowardly person, how could he come here.

In fact, just as Zhang Cai had expected, the news about Phi Island soon spread to Lushunkou. After receiving the news just now, Wu Xiang's complexion was cloudy.

"I didn't expect Zhao Guang to be so tough and treacherous. I can conclude that those slave soldiers are all fake." Wu Xiang said coldly.Although he had thought that Zhao Guang would not come, what he never thought was that Zhao Guang would use this method to keep not coming, and even Li Weiluan made excuses for not coming, which made his calculations come to nothing.

(End of this chapter)