Faced with the request of the generals, Zhongshidao said to them: "You are wrong. Although I am the commander-in-chief, if I bring you and others to present myself as commander-in-chief, I will be suspected of using force to force my power."
After a pause, Master Zhong said: "To defeat Miaochuan City, we must first break the water bridge in the river and cut off the connection between the two cities. Who dares to say this to be so handsome?"
The generals were speechless, and Master Zhong saw that one of the generals had an eagerness to try in his eyes.
Immediately let the generals retreat, leaving this person alone in the tent.
This person's surname was Yao Minggu, and he was the son of Yao Si.
The Yao family and the Zhong family are generally generals of the Western Army, and the two families have been fighting openly and secretly over the years. Zhongshi Dao was supported by Zhang Yue, and the power of the Yao family was not small. Yao Si made great military achievements in Guo Kuiping's Jiaozhi campaign, and was directly rewarded by the emperor.
Yao Gu said to Master Zhong: "The strategy of the final general is also as the Taiwei said, but it is a pity that there is no opportunity to admonish the general."
Master Zhong said: "I will write a military order, and you will present it to me in front of me, Commander-in-Chief!"
Yao Gu smiled and said: "Lieutenant, you are not afraid that I will swallow up your merits!"
Zhongshi Dao wrote a military order and handed it directly to Yao Gu. After Yao Gu thanked him, he immediately went to the commander's tent.
Miaochuan City has been fighting hard for more than 20 days, and the soldiers and horses of both armies are very tired.
Li Linzhan Nazhi (Dong Fe's nephew) discussed with Bao Hou (Bao Yue's son): "I have not made any achievements since I surrendered to the Song Dynasty. Now I should break this city and add titles to my descendants."
Bao Hou said: "My father died in the king's affairs, and the emperor gave him a generous reward. Now I must be loyal to the Han to repay him."
Zhang Yue established a Tibetan school in Xizhou, specifically to recruit the Tibetan children of the Qing and Tang Dynasties to read Han texts and use them as proton troops. Only Tibetan generals who had studied in the Tibetan school could be appointed officials and inherit the status of the leaders of their tribes.
Li Linzhan Nazhi and Mu Zheng generally came from noble families, and each other was profound in Chinese studies. Not only did they have a profound foundation in Confucian classics, but they also wrote excellent articles, which were worthy of the level of Han scholars.
This is rare among Tibetan students.
Li Linzhan Nazhi was also highly appreciated by his former professor of Tibetan studies, You Shixiong, and his assistant Tuo Yi, and he became their disciple. This gave him a network of contacts in the official circles of the Song Dynasty.
Both Li Linzhan and Bao Hou went to Bianjing in the name of being appointed officials. They saw the prosperity of the Song Dynasty and were canonized by the emperor.
Bao Hou's father Bao Yue, formerly known as Blind Yao, was killed by Gui Zhang together with Jing Sili. The emperor showed special pity to him.
He and his uncle Bao Shun (Yu Longke) recruited many Tibetan tribes to the Song Dynasty over the years. Compared with many Cao Fan tribes who were swinging around, Bao's position has always been firm.
Now Zhao Sizhong (Mu Zheng), who had to surrender to the Song Dynasty at Xihe Road, the emperor and Zhang Yue trusted the Bao family more.
That night, the Song army changed its strategy. Yao Gu led his light cavalry and risked their lives to cross the still-frozen Huangshui River at night. Many soldiers fell into the ice holes. Yao Gu arrived at the upper reaches of the river and attacked Qiaocheng at night. The Tibetan army in Qiaocheng resisted desperately, and the two sides fought fiercely.
Yao Gu ordered people to take the opportunity to burn the bridge.
Seeing the bridge city on fire, even though it was midnight, the surrounding areas were burning as if it were daytime.
Zhang Kai and Zhong Shidao, who had been up all night, were both surprised and happy when they saw this scene. Yao Gu had succeeded in forcibly crossing the Huangshui River!
Immediately, the Song army forcibly crossed the Huangshui River through the thick ice and tried their best to attack the bridge city.
Bao Hou and Li Linzhan spent a lot of effort. By dawn of the second day of the battle, the overseas Chinese city was breached and the bridge was burned down.
The reinforcements in Beicheng were exhausted.
The morale of the Song army was restored.
The Song army attacked Nancheng from all sides, and the city was shaken.
That night, the wealthy people in the city ordered their men to lower the city and surrendered.
The Song army attacked more urgently the next day, and the defenders were extremely exhausted after fighting for a day.
In the evening, the north gate of the city was opened as agreed. Song general Wang Gan took the lead, cut off the rope of the suspension bridge, rushed to the gate and shouted: "Huangzhou is won!"
After hearing the news, the Song army marched in with great fanfare and followed Wang Zhen inside!
It's night, Mochuan City is brightly lit!
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Bianjing, Shangyuan night.
Although there was war in the northwest, it was a trivial matter for the Song Dynasty.
After Wang Anshi's reforms, the country's strength improved and Bianjing became more prosperous than before.
Officials and businessmen all settled in Bianjing.
The construction of Aoshan in front of Xuande Gate was very expensive. Although the officials tried to save money, they were stopped due to the opposition of the officials.
In the royal gardens of the Song Dynasty, ordinary people were not allowed to enter and enjoy the gardens. The emperors of the Song Dynasty throughout the ages believed that wherever the Yellow House rests and the dragons and dragons stand, the common people can observe and appreciate it.
The emperor also ordered that there should be no impeachment.
Because the emperors of the Song Dynasty believed in what Mencius said, King Wen of Zhou built a spiritual platform to enjoy the people, and King Zhou of Shang built a deer platform, and the people wanted to burn with him.
At the same time, Emperor Qin Shihuang built Afang Palace and Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty built Milou as a warning. Therefore, gardens such as Jinming Pool were opened to the common people and never enjoyed exclusively by the emperor. This was a virtue that no emperor in the past dynasties had.
Benefiting the people, following their desires, and enjoying themselves with the people were the first ideas put forward by Mencius.
In addition to admiring Aoshan Mountain on the night of Shangyuan, the officials did not forget to enjoy themselves with the people, nor did they forget to follow their ministers and officials.
On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, the emperor's imperial convoy will visit the Five Mountains Temple in person. On this day, the emperor will give a large banquet to all the ministers.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the emperor went to the Shangqing Palace and gave a feast to the officials.
Finally, according to custom, every night on the Shangyuan Festival, the officials would give an imperial banquet to the Luohan Courtyard of the Daxiangguo Temple for the two princes to come here to enjoy the banquet to express their condolences.
On this day, in addition to being in power, the prime minister, his relatives, and all the dignitaries went to Zisheng Pavilion to watch the lanterns.
All in all, the Lantern Festival is a festival! The ruler and his subjects enjoy together, the ruler and the people enjoy together, follow the people's desires, and enjoy the prosperous times together.
On the night of Shangyuan Dynasty, Zhang Yue arrived at Luohan Courtyard.
This year, Hanlin bachelors Zhang Dun, Wang Lian, Deng Runfu, and the third minister Li Chengzhi were invited to accompany the banquet.
General Xu, a Hanlin scholar in Sirutou, was serving as the imperial minister, so he was not here. Sun Yong, as the prefect of Kaifeng, was in charge of the house during the Shangyuan Festival.
Zhang Yue immediately attended and took his seat.
The banquet was arranged by the officials, and everyone drank and drank heartily. Although there were discord among the officials, the banquet was still enjoyable and peaceful.
There are conflicts between people and places, but as long as they are not like Lu Huiqing, the leaders will still be able to get along. If the rulers insist on revealing something, they will do so without revealing anything.
Although it was a pure banquet (no women), musicians were still invited to entertain.
The musician played several lyrics that were all attributed to Su Shi.
Seeing this, Yuan Jiang suddenly started talking and said: "Su Zizhan's poems are both clear and simple, but also have an old man's chatting and youthful madness. He holds the yellow on the left, holds the blue on the right, wears a brocade hat and mink fur, and rides thousands of horses to roll around Pinggang. The words! It’s quite heroic.”
Deng Runfu said meaningfully: "I heard that after Su Zizhan wrote this poem, he said that although he didn't have the flavor of Liu Qilang, he still had his own style."
Su Shi's self-talk could actually reach the ears of Deng Runfu, who was the censor Zhongcheng, indicating that his every move was reported to the censor station from thousands of miles away.
Zhongzhang Yue, the chief minister, dislikes poetry, so the poems are all written for social occasions.
But Wang Lian is a master of poetry. He smiled and changed the topic and said: "Liu Yong's poetry is a graceful style, and there is no more graceful poetry than Huajian Ji, but Su Zizhan's poetry is indeed heroic."
Zhang Dun smiled and said: "When will Feng Tang be dispatched in the clouds of Chi Jie? He will hold the eagle bow like a full moon, look northwest, and shoot at the wolf. Good words, good words!"
At this time, Deng Runfu said: "I heard that Su Shi prides himself on Wei Shang!"
In the cloud of holding the knot, when will Feng Tang be sent? It tells an allusion that Wei Shang, the governor of Yunzhong, was punished for a trivial matter and was relieved of his post as governor of Yunzhong. However, after Feng Tang remonstrated with Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty, Emperor Wen Wen of Han Dynasty agreed and allowed Feng Tang Chijie to absolve Wei Shang of the crime.
After Deng Runfu said it, Su Shi's term was inappropriate.
Su Shi boasted that he was Shang Wei, didn't he just mean that he had been treated unfairly?
Officials did not like Su Shi. As the censor Zhongcheng, Deng Runfu naturally wanted to belittle Su Shi.
Zhang Dun heard this and said: "Why did Deng Zhongcheng only read the upper sentence and not the lower sentence when he read the poem? Looking northwest, what does it mean to shoot the wolf? This refers to Xixia. Su Zizhan wished to be like Wei Shang and guard the country's borders. This How can I hear that I have ulterior motives when I am waiting to serve my country?"
Zhang Dun has a strong character. When someone says that he is not a good friend, he will fight back on the spot. Lu Huiqing must avenge himself, but Zhang Dun does not take revenge overnight.
Deng Runfu heard this and said with a smile: "I didn't say I had other intentions?"
Seeing this scene, Yuan Jiang and Wang Lian stopped talking on the spot.
The words passed and Zhang Yue drank several glasses of wine. He had no intention of engaging in a verbal dispute.
At this time, Li Chengzhi, the envoy of the Third Secretary, took the initiative to bring the wine in front of him and said: "Zhang Dashen, I would like to toast you with this glass of wine."
Zhang Yue thought to himself, what does Li Chengzhi mean by this?
Li Chengzhi is now notorious. He previously protected his son to cover up his crimes, and later bribed the Qingzhou magistrate to interfere with justice. Everyone in the official circles knew that Zhang Yue was in charge of this matter, and he must be ruined.
Li Chengzhi was severely punished by Zhang Yue. He resigned from the officials three times, but was rejected by the officials every time.
Li Chengzhi is now in a position of neither superior nor inferior, and is extremely embarrassed. Why don't you continue to serve as the third minister? Zhang Yue can't tolerate him. Why don't you continue to serve? The officials are unwilling.
So when Li Chengzhi toasted to him, did he mean to show weakness?
Li Chengzhi took the initiative to step forward to give Zhang Yue this scene. Si Chuantou also saw it, but they couldn't hear the conversation between Zhang Yue and Li Chengzhi.
But Wang Lian stood next to Li Chengzhi, leaning on his elders and saying: "Zhang Dashen, I know there are some lawsuits between Zhongshu and the Third Division, but they are all for business."
Seeing that Zhang Yue remained silent, Wang Lian said, "Zhang Dashen, please show mercy."
In Zhang Yue's heart, Wang Lian, who are you? How dare you persuade me like this? But Zhang Yue's eyes turned and he saw Yuan Jiang's gaze.
Zhang Yue suddenly realized that you, Wang Lian, were lobbying for Yuan Jiang. When did you surrender to him?
Originally, Li Chengzhi had given himself a hard time and agreed not to insist on the exemption law. Zhang Yue was not someone who just wanted to kill everyone, so he let him go and stopped pursuing the matter.
But now that you and Wang Lian have turned to Yuan Jiang, it's not that simple.
Zhang Yue picked up his wine glass and had a drink with Li Chengzhi.
Yuan Jiang and Wang Lian were overjoyed when they saw it. If someone gives you a step up, you know how to climb down. This is a sign of being aware of current affairs.
"Zhang Dashen, if Li drinks another drink, he should apologize." Li Chengzhi was very respectful, knowing that Zhang Yue had not finished what he said.
Zhang Yue said: "I have no personal grudges against Fengshi, and I admire your integrity and talent. But when Lanzhi is in charge, he has to hoe!"
Li Chengzhi's expression changed, and so did Wang Lian's expression. None of them expected Zhang Yue to be so ruthless.
This is not his usual good-natured style.
Ps: There will be another update tonight!
(End of chapter)
