The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 100 Crossing the Yangtze River Skillfully ([-])

In the dead of night, Zhang Shun quietly came to the riverside alone.At this moment, his mind was full of thoughts on how to enter Jinshan Temple.On a night in early spring, the breeze is gentle, but it is still a bit cool.Looking up at the sky, a bright moon hangs high in the sky, surrounded by twinkling stars.

Zhang Shun looked at the sky full of stars, looked at the Jinshan Temple in the middle of the river, and saw from a distance the back of the river swallowed, the mountain towering with dragon scales, the green snails gushing out of the rotten silver plate, and the pile of soft emerald green dragging Sulian far away.Jinshan Temple is located on the top of the mountain, and is exposed to the wind from all directions; looking at the bell tower from a distance, it leans against the thousand-story stone wall;

Zhang Shun watched it by the river for a while, and thought in his heart: "Private Lu of Runzhou, I guess he must come to this mountain often. If I go quietly alone, I must know the news."

So, Zhang Shun bowed his head and pondered for a while, then turned back.At this time, Chai Jin also got up to look for Zhang Shun, saw him from a distance, and asked: "Brother Zhang Shun, you don't rest in the middle of the night, why are you here?"

"Come here now, there is not even a small boat, and I don't know anything about Jiangxin, nor the military situation in Runzhou, how can I sleep." Zhang Shun sighed and said: "Brother Chai Jin, I will observe Knowing the topography of Jiangxin and the situation of Jinshan Temple, I guess that Lu Shumi will definitely go to Jinshan Temple, why don't I go to explore the situation tonight, what do you think?"

Chai Jin asked suspiciously: "There is not a single boat here, how do you cross the river and enter the Jinshan Temple in the middle of the river?"

Zhang Shun said with a smile: "Brother Chai Jin, have you forgotten what my nickname is? As long as you tie your clothes and put two big silver coins on your head, you can cross over to Jinshan Temple, and then give some property to bribe me." Those monks will be able to find out the truth and report back to the marshal, and you just wait here for a while."

Chai Jin said in a deep voice: "Since that's the case, then do as you wish. Go early and return early. Don't delay, so as not to startle the snake and risk your life."

Zhang Shun replied: "I know, you just wait here for a while, and I will come back as soon as I go."

So Zhang took off his clothes by the way, tied up a white circle around his waist, stuffed two big silver coins in his turban and tied them on his head, and with a sharp knife around his waist, he went into the water from Guazhou and went straight to Kai. Come to Jiang Xin.The water couldn't cover his chest, and he swam quickly in the water like walking on a dry road.

After a while, Zhang Shun came to the foot of Jinshan Mountain, looked around and saw a small boat beside Shifeng.He groped forward quietly, and when no one came, he climbed to the side of the boat, took off the bag on his head, took off his wet clothes, tied and wiped his body, put on his clothes, and sat in the boat.

Just at the right time, the Runzhou Geng Drum sounded, and it was the third watch.

Zhang Shun thought: "At this time, is it the third watch?"

Just as he was about to board the Jinshan Mountain, he saw a small boat swaying in his direction.Zhang Shun thought: "Could it be that the traces have been discovered?" Looking again, there was only one person on board, who looked like an ordinary citizen at all, "It doesn't look like I found my traces, otherwise it wouldn't be a person who went alone. Come on. This boat is coming so strangely, there must be something tricky!"

Zhang Shun looked around and saw no one appeared, so he jumped into the river without breaking any waves, and went directly to the side of the boat.Zhang Shun dived, surfaced quietly, looked again, and saw that there was not one person on the boat, but two people rowing the oars, only looking at the north bank, not embanking the south, and not caring about other things at all, just remember to rock the boat.

"good chance!"

Seeing such a situation, Zhang Shun was secretly delighted.So, he dived into the bottom of the water again, swam to the side of the boat, grabbed the side of the boat and slashed the sharp knife, the two oarsmen let go, jumped into the river without hesitation, and slipped away.Zhang Shun thought that there was no one left, so he prepared to rock the boat by himself.

Suddenly, two people came out of the cabin, Zhang Shun raised his knife and dropped one of them into the water, causing the river to turn bright red.The other person, seeing his companion was killed, fell limply to the ground, and fell directly into the cabin, trembling, not daring to resist at all, looked at Zhang Shun with fearful eyes, and begged for mercy: "Heroic man, spare me!" !"

The sharp knife in Zhang Shun's hand rested on the man's neck, and he could die on the spot with a light stroke. The man looked at him in horror, and he heard him shouting: "Who are you? Where is the ship from?" ? If you tell the truth, I will spare you!"

Seeing the bright sharp knife in Zhang Shun's hand resting on his neck, the man didn't dare to obey his orders, so he hurriedly said: "The villain is the official of General Chen's family in Dingpu Village, outside Yangzhou City. Let the villain go to Runzhou to vote. I paid homage to Lu Shumi to offer grain, [-] shi of white grain, and [-] boats, as a gift, and returned with Yuhou."

Zhang Shun nodded and said, "That Marquis Yu, who is his last name? Where is he?"

Gan Ren pointed to the corpse floating on the water, and replied tremblingly: "Yu Hou's surname is Ye Minggui, and he was the one who was cut into the river by the hero."

Zhang Shun asked again: "What's your name? When did you go to worship? What's in the boat?"

The dry man replied: "The villain's surname is Wu Mingcheng. He crossed the river on the seventh day of the first month of this year. Lu Shumi asked the villain to go to Suzhou. Sergeant's notice, he was granted the title of governor of Yangzhou, and he was conferred the title of Zhongming doctor, and he also had a livery of one thousand collars, and a letter from Lu Shumi."

Zhang Shun asked again: "What's your master's name? Do you know how many people there are?"

Wu Cheng replied: "There are thousands of people, and more than a hundred horses. The direct relatives have two children, and they are very lucky. The eldest son is Chen Yi, and the second son is Chen Tai. The masters and soldiers are called Chen Guan."

Wu Cheng's life was in Zhang Shun's hands, so he dared not hide anything, as long as Zhang Shun asked him, he would answer everything he knew in detail, and he didn't dare to have the slightest intention of disobedience.After Zhang Shun knew the ins and outs of the matter, he also cut him into the river with a knife. He didn't want to attract other people's attention, so he raised his butcher knife to kill him.

Then, Zhang Shun went to the stern of the boat and started to shake the oar, and went to Guazhou.Chai Jin, who had been waiting by the river, heard the sound and hurried forward, and saw Zhang Shun coming in a boat from a distance.Chai Jin immediately stepped forward to inquire, and Zhang Shun also told the news in detail.

After hearing this, Chai Jin was overjoyed, hurried into the cabin and found a bundle.When I opened it, I found that, as Wu Cheng said, there were documents in the package, three hundred red silk flags, and one thousand collars of variegated livery, two loads folded.Changing into clean clothes, Zhang Shun cut through the boat and sank directly into the river. Then he went to the thatched cottage, took some silver and handed it to his mother-in-law, and called the other two to leave in a hurry overnight.

Zhang Shun and his party went straight back to Yangzhou, only because the troops led by Zhao Gou also arrived outside Yangzhou at that time.The officials of Yangzhou City came to welcome Zhao Gou and others to enter the city, and prepared supplies to supplement the army.Chai Jing and Zhang Shun set off overnight and finally arrived at the camp where the army was stationed.

Zhang Shun informed him of all the information he had inquired, and Zhao Gou was overjoyed when he heard it, and said, "The two brothers have really made great contributions, and they should be recorded. Next, we only need to take down Chen Guan, and the big event will happen." It's settled, and then the army can pass through the defense of Fang La's army in his name, it's really God helping me!"

Zhang Shun, Chai Jin and others were exhausted from the journey, and in order to report the information they got to Zhao Gou as soon as possible, they never rested.So, Zhao Gou asked them to go down and have a rest after eating and drinking.Then, Zhao Gou asked again: "It's just this Chen Guan, we have never seen it before, what should we do as a military advisor?"

The military adviser Wu Yong said in a deep voice: "Marshal can rest assured, we don't know who Chen Guan is, we can invite you into the urn and let him tell me to wait."

Zhao Gou asked curiously, "How can he tell us himself?"

Wu Yong said with a smile: "Didn't Brother Zhang Shun say that the person who went to Chen Guan's place this time is Ye Yuhou? We can order someone to pretend to be him, and then go to pay a visit. In this way, are you afraid that he won't show up?" You must know that this Ye Yuhou came here under the order of Lu Shumi to ask him for food and ships. If Chen Guan wanted to continue to live a leisurely life, he must have voluntarily taken the bait, otherwise they would have no choice but to grab it openly. "

"The military division means that we find someone to pretend to be Ye Yuhou, and then contact him?" Zhao Gou said, "However, is there anyone in our army who has a similar appearance and body shape to this person? I'm afraid it will arouse the vigilance of others, and the situation will be even worse at that time."

Wu Yong said: "Reporting to Marshal, is there one person in our army who can complete this task?"

"Who can do it?"

"Brother Yanqing is too!"

Zhao Gou whispered: "Brother Yanqing can complete this task?"

Everyone also looked at the military advisor Wu Yong blankly. Even Yan Qing himself felt a little strange. He didn't understand why the military advisor Wu Yong asked him to go. He didn't remember what specialties he had. Are you kidding? Let me go, I don't look like Ye Yuhou, do you have other plans?"

(End of this chapter)