Song Dynasty

Chapter 346 East or West
Wang Shen: "The current situation is that on the east side of Anlu's hometown, Zhang Yong and Cao Cheng's tens of thousands of rebel troops are suppressing the border in the north, and Li Chengxing is making waves in the south. All parts of our army are stationed at various checkpoints and main roads, taking a defensive position. There are enemies on all sides, and we are already on the absolute defensive strategically. To the west of us is Wanyan Xiyin's three thousand Jurchen iron cavalry. Now let's discuss whether we should go west and eliminate Wanyan Xiyin first, or raise troops immediately Go rescue Anlu. If you have any ideas, please tell me!"

"Isn't this nonsense, of course we should save Anlu first." Yue Yun jumped up.

Yan Yuemeng took a serious look at him, and said in a deep voice, "General Ying Xiang, please pay attention to your wording. How can you be rude in front of Xianggong?"

Wang Shen: "Forget it, Ying Xiang can speak freely."

Being reprimanded by Yan Yuemeng, Yue Yun calmed down a bit, and said, "Anlu is our foundation, and the city has the military resources and treasures accumulated by our army in the past two years. If there is any loss in the foundation, the soldiers will starve immediately , Why are you still fighting? Don’t worry about Jurchen or not now, and immediately lead the troops back to Anlu to be serious.”

"Yes yes yes, General Ying Xiang is right, we should go back immediately."

"Don't be melancholy anymore, Mr. Xianggong, let's go!"

All the generals agreed one after another, not to mention the army who abandoned Anlu City, their families were all there.At this moment, I miss my relatives at home and wish I could fly over with wings.

Wang Shen frowned: "It seems that everyone means to return to Anlu immediately?"

"Of course, please give the order to the military envoy!" Everyone nodded.

Seeing Wang Shen's hesitation, a general was anxious and said loudly, "Military envoy, how long do you have to wait if you don't leave now? I heard from Mr. Lu that the thief in Huyantong had voted for Li Heng. If the former army was killed by someone surnamed Li If we pull over, we won't have a single soldier in Anlu. If Li Heng wants to, he can go to the city at any time. By then, it will be too late!"

"Ah, military envoy, we can't wait any longer." Everyone's complexion changed drastically and they shouted in unison.

Wang Shen nodded: "The rear is tight, it seems that it is impossible not to go back."

"Daosi...Military envoy...can't go back to Anlu now..." A timid voice came.

Everyone looked for their voices, and it was Lu Benzhong who was behind Yue Yun who was speaking.

Yue Yun was furious, put his hand on the handle of the waist knife, and cursed: "Old man, what are you talking about, today's situation is caused by you, a birdman. Grandpa begged in front of the military envoy to spare your life. Don't you know how to be a man with your tail between your legs, and talk nonsense instead, and live impatiently? Now, that thief in Huyantong has rebelled, and Anlu is in danger. My sister is still in the city, and my sister is still in the city. Ladies and children, if they have a good or bad relationship, will I see if I will tear you up, old man?"

"Yes!" When everyone thought of this, they all cursed.Some scolded Li Heng, some scolded Lu Benzhong, and some scolded Hu Yantong.Among them, the voice scolding Hu Yantong was the loudest. The reason why Anlu is in such a critical situation today is because of this rebellion, which is really hated to the extreme.

When Wang Shen thought of Hu Yantong's betrayal, his heart ached.He valued Hu Yantong very much, he was able to lead troops, he was proficient in military affairs, and his martial arts ranked first in the army, even better than Yue Yun.In his future plans, he was going to use it to dominate one side alone.

But never expected that this Hu Yantong turned traitor, which dealt a heavy blow to Wang Shen, and made him extremely angry.

Thinking of An Niang in the city, he felt restless for a while.

However, when everyone shouted to rescue An Lu, Lu Benzhong actually objected. What is the reason for this?
Didn't he know that if he said this, he might be torn to pieces by the angry soldiers?

Wang Shen felt strange, he still admired Lu Benzhong's strategy and strategic vision.He shouted loudly: "Everyone be quiet, Lu Benzhong, tell me your opinion."

Lu Benzhong said: "Master, the little old man would like to ask, if you return to Anlu now, what is the first thing you will do?"

Yue Yun interrupted: "Nonsense, naturally the rebels who suppressed that old thief Hu Yantong first?"

Wang Shen also nodded.

"Okay." Lu Benzhong said: "The current situation is that Huyantong has rebelled, and the army is stationed outside Anlu City. And Lu Can led the Xuanfeng Army to defend Yunmeng and confront Li Cheng. It's hard work, so naturally I can't spare myself to support the military envoy."

"No, no, don't misunderstand, generals. With the strength of Beiwei and Tabai, it is only a matter of effort to put down the Huyantong chaos, and there is no need for other troops to come to help."

"I'm just afraid. Once the envoys are in a hurry, Li Heng and Hu Yantong know that they are invincible, so they simply lead the army into Anlu City and capture all the family members of the soldiers. At that time, there will be Anlujian City, and there will be hostages in the city." Hands, our army is already at an absolute disadvantage."

"The most troublesome thing is that when we retreat to Anlu, the Jurchen cavalry crosses the river and enters the De'an mansion, and Li Heng, Li Cheng, and Cao Cheng in the north and other bandits attack the envoy. At that time, the situation will really come to an end Yea!"

These words made sense, but thinking of the serious consequences, everyone was suffocated and speechless.

Only the sound of heavy breathing remained in the huge Chinese military festival tent.

Wang Shen's heart was also beating wildly, he took several deep breaths, and finally calmed himself down.

At this time, he suddenly grasped something, and couldn't help saying: "Lu Benzhong, Huyantong hasn't attacked Anlu yet, why is that?"

Hearing his question, everyone felt strange.Yes, Huyantong's rebellion was a heavy blow to the Sizhou Army.As long as he takes down Anlu, detains the families of the lieutenants and soldiers, and robs all supplies and supplies, everyone will really be dispersed.

However, why he didn't attack An Lu was so weird no matter how you looked at it, and it was hard to figure out why.

Lu Benzhong looked at Wang Shen flatteringly: "Report to Wang Junshi, before the little old man came here, Hu Yantong hadn't surrendered to Li Heng. This General Huyan... is actually still loyal to the general."

Wang Shen was stunned, feeling even more puzzled.

Yue Yun: "Don't talk to me, you old man. Didn't Hu Yantong sign the letter of surrender? Didn't you show it to everyone earlier, forcing everyone to press their fingerprints?"

"That's right, that's right, Lu Benzhong, you have to make it clear." Everyone shouted.

Wang Shen looked stern: "Lu Benzhong, tell me, what's going on?"

Lu Benzhong: "Military envoy, as you know, Li Yanping's camp is located in Anlu, but apart from a group of literati, he has no soldiers. Although he contacted Li Cheng, now the Li family army is being held by Lu Can. Yunmeng couldn't go to Anlu. Without soldiers, how would he launch and capture Anlu. Therefore, after Li Cheng entered Jianghan, on the day of the launch, Li Heng entered the Huyantong camp in charge, took the front army, and captured Huyan General's military power, and forced him to sign the letter of surrender."

Yue Yun said angrily: "They have handed over all the military power, have they surrendered yet?"

Fang Worong, who had been sitting by the side without speaking, suddenly interrupted: "General Ying Xiang, let Lu Benzhong continue."

Lu Benzhong said: "Whether to surrender or not depends on what he said, but on what he did. General Hu Yantong has a violent personality, is arrogant, and has no false eyes. But he is loyal to the court after all, and he is still very loyal to the court Yes. After all, Li Heng is the minister in charge of the imperial court. During the period when the envoy Wang Jun was not in Jianghan, he was the person with the highest position in the entire Jinghu Lake. How dare Hu Yantong refuse to obey the order. However, before I came to Yingzhou, But Hu Yantong refused to lead the army to attack Anlu County. I don’t know if it’s because of wait-and-see or what reason... After all, he is in control of one army. If the former army doesn’t mobilize, Li Heng has nothing to do, just wait by his side all day entanglement."

"The little old man had no choice at the time, and he was eager to seize the military power of Tabai, so he didn't care about it. He thought in his heart that it didn't matter if Huyantong refused to launch it. As long as he got the cavalry and returned to Anlu, Huyantong saw that the situation was gone. , will naturally give in. It doesn’t matter whether he does it or not, as long as he doesn’t disturb me and Li Heng, we will be invincible.”

Finally, Lu Benzhong said: "I also understand Hu Yantong's thoughts. He was grateful for the friendship of the military envoy and did not dare to disobey the imperial court's order, so he sat on the fence and did not help each other. That's why the little old man said that Hu Yantong You can ignore it for the time being, let's finish repelling Yan Xiyin first."

Hearing what he said, everyone understood.

Yue Yun was so angry that his face turned blue: "Huyan is connected to the two ends of the first mouse, playing the game according to the wind, wanting to opportunistic, villain, villain! The military envoy is so important to him, I will have to cut him alive when I go back!"

Wang Shen finally understood that Hu Yantong was the descendant of Hu Yantong after all, and the concept of monarch and minister had been deeply rooted in his bone marrow.As soon as the order from the imperial court came, he didn't even think about it, and he had to execute it to the letter.However, the reason why he is today is all due to his own hand.Hu Yantong was grateful for his kindness, and it was impossible for him to lead the army to attack Anlu and point the knife at the former brother Paozhe.At this moment, he must be at war with heaven and man in his heart, and he doesn't know what to do.

In this way, Anlu should not be in any danger in a short time.

Of course, people's hearts are fickle, and who knows what he will think in the next moment.

Yes, it's time for me to decide what to do next.

Thinking of this, Wang Shen said: "Okay, since this is the case, we don't care about Anlu's side, we will immediately gather troops to fight Wanyan Xiyin, and return to Anlu after defeating the invading enemy, let's head west. "

"What!" Everyone yelled.

Yue Yun yelled: "Military envoy, what about my sister?"

Wang Shen said with a cold face: "I have made up my mind, Xiangxi, and now it is meaningless to return to Anlu. Now, Sizhou is surrounded by enemies on all sides. It doesn't matter whether it is Cao Cheng or Li Chengdu. As long as my main force arrives, we can easily They can be wiped out. As for Li Heng, it is not worth mentioning. However, if it happens now, the situation will be uncontrollable if the Jurchens are allowed to enter Anlu territory. Our biggest enemy is Wanyan Xiyin, only Only by defeating them can the crowd be deterred. Tomorrow our army will march westward to fight the Jurchen cavalry, everyone, get ready to go!"

Yes, there is no point in going back to Anlu now.If the pressure was too tight, Hu Yantong might be forced to rebel and lead the army to rebel.At that time, is it possible to fight the former army first?
What's more, this side is fighting lively, and Wanyan Xiyin suddenly kills, and the problem will become troublesome.

(End of this chapter)