Wang Yun was a little impatient to wait. Zhang Shaodi sent someone to send a letter saying that he would arrive in the morning. As a result, Wang Yun waited until Shen Shichu and saw no one.
For Wang Yun, who had just been favored by the Southern Tang Dynasty and was still floating in the clouds, his dissatisfaction had already accumulated to a considerable extent.
However, just when Wang Yun felt that he was not taken seriously and was about to leave Yueyang Tower, and swore in his heart that if Zhang Shaodi was not there when he walked in front of the Southern Tang envoy, he would defect to the Southern Tang Dynasty, Ya Bing came. Report, Zhang Shaodi arrived with the imperial envoy.
Wang Yun gently sprayed out a stream of white mist from his nostrils. He wanted to let Zhang Shaodi dry for a while, but he felt unsure. In the end, he could only angrily ask the tooth soldiers to invite Zhang Shaodi. He didn't want to Will go downstairs to greet you.
Zhang Shaodi came with Yang Jiye, and there was no one else, because after killing the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty and several soldiers of Yishengdu Ya, the remaining soldiers of Hanshandu hurriedly left the city.
If they could suppress Wang Yun, nothing would happen. If it can't be suppressed, with twenty soldiers here, it will only be enough to kill one.
Yang Jiye was holding a wooden box, and the strong smell of blood made Wang Yun's confidant Ya Bing on the Yueyang Tower look at him with caution.
Zhang Shaodi walked behind Yang Jiye, as if Yang Jiye was the leader.
This made Wang Yun even more confused. Xu Songzhi, the farming envoy, had a low official position and did not know Zhang Shaodi, but Wang Yun knew him.
After all, Zhang Shaodi's father, Zhang Ji, was a man who almost became the military commander of the Wuning Army, and Ma Chu almost became Zhang Chu.
In Wang Yun's opinion, although Zhang Shaodi was quite capable, he was a bit arrogant and showed that he was the most powerful and far-sighted person in his life. He had never seen Zhang Shaodi be so respectful to a young man who was still young. .
"Is Mr. Zhang okay when you come?" After the atmosphere fell silent for a while, Wang Yun looked at Zhang Shaodi behind Yang Jiye and asked.
Zhang Shaodi didn't answer. Yang Jiye looked Wang Yun up and down first, then turned to Zhang Shaodi and said, "Is this person Wang Yun, the commander of Yisheng City?"
At this time, it is very impolite to call someone by name like this, unless the status of the two parties is very different. Otherwise, in order to show closeness, ordinary superiors and subordinates still have to address their subordinates by their names.
Wang Yun was also the second generation of Quan. Hearing what the young man across from him said, he immediately became angry. He stared at Yang Jiye, as if he was considering whether to call the sergeant to kill Yang Jiye.
It was only at this moment that Zhang Shaodi nodded and replied, "That's right, this person is the governor of Yuezhou, the king of Chu vassal."
After saying that, Zhang Shaodi was about to introduce Yang Jiye, but Yang Jiye stopped him with his hand.
Under Wang Yun's scrutinizing gaze, he took a few more steps forward like a leisurely stroll until he was only five steps away from Wang Yun, and then he spoke calmly.
"A certain person brought a gift for Governor Wang. Once you take a look at it, you will express your gratitude to the certain family."
Wang Yun looked at the wooden box in Yang Jiye's hand warily, and an ominous feeling surged up. He had already vaguely guessed something. The wooden box contained human heads, which Wang Yun had done a lot.
It's just that Wang Yun hasn't thought of going after the Southern Tang envoy, because the Southern Tang envoy came in secret, and Zhou Guo couldn't know about it. Even if Zhou Guo knew about it, it would be impossible to find the Southern Tang envoy so quickly. of residence.
So although Wang Yun hesitated for a moment, he still reached out to take the wooden box, and then opened it calmly.
Sure enough, it was a human head, and it looked somewhat familiar. Wang Yun had only met Sun's servant of the Southern Tang Dynasty once, so he was not very impressed and could not recognize who it was at once.
But Wang En, Wang Yun's younger brother, jumped up immediately. Sun's servants and others lived in his outer house, so of course he was familiar with it.
"Brother, this is the envoy Sun from the Southern Tang Dynasty. They killed the envoy from the Southern Tang Dynasty!"
The overwhelming anger almost overwhelmed Wang Yun's mind.
"Ah!" The son of Ma Chu Huchen roared and drew out the sword of the guard beside him, and was about to stab Yang Jiye immediately.
Almost at the same time, the sound of weapons being unsheathed came, and all the tooth soldiers in Yueyang Tower surrounded them.
They surrounded Yang Jiye and Zhang Shaodi with spears and knives, and were about to cut them into pieces at the next moment.
"Wang Botong, do you want the Wang family in Yuezhou to be exterminated?"
At the critical moment, Zhang Shaodi jumped up on the stone table and shouted loudly. He pointed at Wang Yun and continued shouting: "This is Yang Dalang, the seventh son of the emperor of the present day. If you kill him, two hundred members of the Wang family will be buried with him." .”
This roar was more effective than anything else. Wang Yun's stabbing movements stopped immediately, and the soldiers in Yishengdu just pointed their swords and guns at the two people without taking action.
"Hmph!" Yang Jiye snorted coldly. He pulled Zhang Shaodi down from the stone table, and then approached Wang Yun again. With just a gentle poke from Wang Yun, our old Lord Yang would be gone. To the point where he could be stabbed to death directly.
"Wang Botong, as stupid as you are, how did you control the military and political power in Yuezhou?
Just today, Holy Week Chengtian has been ordered to do so. Allah has appeared, and the unification of Hunyuan is unstoppable. You, the governor of a small state, have no more than 8,000 soldiers. How dare you go against heaven? "
Yang Jiye shouted loudly, and Wang Yun was stunned for a moment. In fact, this governor Wang was not a fool.
As the saying goes, a tiger father has no dog sons, Wang Yun is still smarter than the average third generation or second generation family guarding dog.
At least in history, he almost put down Ma Xi'e's rebellion with Yuezhou, but he was overturned by a fool like Ma Xiguang.
But now that things have come to a point, Wang Yun clearly knows that he has no choice.
Seeing Wang Yun's hesitation, Zhang Shaodi immediately stepped forward and separated Wang Yun and Yang Jiye. He pretended to be thinking about Wang Yun and said anxiously.
"Wang Botong, you are so confused! The Holy Emperor is in Jiangling, and the King of Chu is also in the army. The imperial army came from the Central Plains, with 80,000 infantry and cavalry.
This was a continuous formation that killed two generations of Khitan emperors, defeated Liu Zhiyuan's powerful army in Hedong, and also captured 20,000 elite Nanping navy troops. Can you, Wang Botong, be better than Yelu Deguang and Liu Zhiyuan? "
Wang Yun broke into a cold sweat after hearing this, but Yang Jiye was not ready to let him go. Different from history, Yang Jiye's adoptive father was not a scoundrel like Liu Chong of the Northern Han Dynasty, and Zhou Guo was not the kind of person who was hanged in various ways in the Northern Han Dynasty. The son of the country.
He is Ili Khan, the supreme Dharma King, the adopted son of Emperor Shao Ming!
Not to mention that after surrendering to the Northern Song Dynasty, he was arbitrarily squeezed out by the Bianliang Wuxun Group. In addition, he was raised in the palace since he was nine years old. He looked like a big Wang Zhongsi.
Although he was as loyal, brave, wise, powerful and able to win the hearts of soldiers as in history, at the same time, deep down in his heart, he was inevitably a little arrogant. Just now, Wang Yun tried to stab him, which made Yang Jiye extremely dissatisfied.
So Yang Jiye snorted coldly, "You may still be thinking that as long as you surrender to the Southern Tang Dynasty, you will have a way out.
joke! The Holy Emperor personally brought his army to Jiangling to seek justice for Magong Xiguang. How could he allow Yuezhou to enter the Southern Tang Dynasty?
The emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing, even took back the eastern capital Jiangdu Prefecture through redemption. He still pays tribute of more than hundreds of thousands of gold and silver every year. Why would he dare to take Yuezhou?
You all have illusions in your heart. When the heavenly soldiers of the imperial court arrive, you, Wang Botong and Yi Sheng, are waiting to sink to the bottom of the river! "
"Yes! How dare the Lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty compete with the imperial court for Yuezhou, and how dare he start a war with the imperial court in Yuezhou?"
Zhang Shaodi had a heartbroken look on his face, perfectly portraying the image of a good elder who had been with Wang Yun's family for decades and was anxious because he had made a mistake.
Wang Yun was also scared at this time. Well, in fact, it can be said that he was not scared. As Yang Jiye analyzed when he launched this plan, the Southern Tang envoys had been killed, and the Southern Tang would never trust Wang Yun again. , he had no choice but to submit to the imperial court.
"Mr. Zhang, this angel, I think you two have misunderstood. Wang's ancestral home is Xuzhou and he is from the Central Plains. How could he join the Southern Tang Dynasty?
The Southern Tang Dynasty indeed sent an envoy, but they have never met each other. Instead, they have been waiting for you two at Yueyang Tower since today! "
As he spoke, Wang Yun put on a smile and immediately threw the horizontal knife in his hand into the hand of his younger brother Wang En.
Wang Enze quickly waved his hand and ordered the tooth soldiers surrounding Yang Jiye and Zhang Shaodi to retreat.
Zhang Shaodi sighed deeply again, "Even if this is the case, it is still unknown whether the saint will trust you, Botong, if he knows about it!"
With that said, Zhang Shaodi turned his back to Yang Jiye and winked at Wang Yun.
Wang Yun immediately understood and quickly gave Yang Jiye a big gift, "Angel, Wang is sincere and has no intention of surrendering to the Southern Tang Dynasty. Please be aware of this."
Only then did Yang Jiye look at Wang Yun, and said with a bit of arrogance: "Now you know why a certain family said that you would be grateful for this gift, right?"
Wang Yun nodded repeatedly, his expression became more docile. When the somewhat arrogant young angel said this, he was definitely not planning to kill Wang Yun.
This was also in line with his judgment. The imperial court lacked navy warships and it was the right time to hire people. Besides, he did not accept Southern Tang's solicitation.
"Someone almost went astray. It is indeed thanks to the angel. I am very grateful. Now go and summon the soldiers from Yisheng City. We are now the soldiers of the imperial court. If there are any people from the Southern Tang Dynasty, we will capture them all!"
Yang Jiye smiled, his goal was almost achieved, and now he was waiting for the imperial army to arrive.
However, in order to make Wang Yun feel more at ease, he deliberately looked at Wang Yun thoughtfully.
"President Wang is just going to thank a certain family with empty words? Those soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty are not easy to deal with."
Wang Yun was not surprised at all, and felt that this was just right. He immediately said with a smile on his face: "I am willing to pay five hundred strings to reward the angel and Duke Zhang."
"Hmph!" Yang Jiye snorted again, "In the huge city of Yuezhou, a handsome governor of Yuezhou is worth 500 guan? It takes 1,000 guan!"
Warriors are so direct. If they are literati, they may have to make some twists and turns, but warriors usually report the real numbers directly. Whether to give or not is just one sentence, and what they want is to be straightforward.
Wang Yun was overjoyed, "Sage, are you willing to appoint me as the governor of Yuezhou? God's grace is so great!"
Yang Jiye nodded, "We have no governor in the Great Zhou Dynasty, but the sage has mercy. As long as the governor Wang is willing to surrender, we can change Yuezhou to Yueyang Prefecture and grant the governor the title of Yueyang Prefecture.
Then the capital of Yisheng was promoted to Yisheng Town of the Forbidden Army, and the king's governor was ordered to serve as the commander-in-chief of Yisheng Town as the governor of Yueyang Prefecture. "
"Ah!" Wang Yun couldn't help but exclaimed, "God's grace is so great! It's hard for me to repay the saint for having such trust and trust, even though I'm so heartbroken!"
He was amazed on his lips, but regretful in his heart. If he had known that the imperial court would offer such a price, why would he provoke Southern Tang?
What fool had told him before that the imperial court wanted to take over the power of the world and no longer set up festivals and towns? It’s just nonsense!
This model of governor plus general troops is not just Jiedushi, it's just a different way of saying it.
"I'm willing to give you fifteen hundred coins, and also ask the angel and Duke Zhang to say a few kind words in front of the saint." Wang Yun was spending a lot of money.
This was not the economically active Northern Song Dynasty a few decades later. The wealth worth 1,500 guan at that time would be equivalent to about 16.7 million in later generations.
But at this time, it was worth fifteen hundred guan, which was equivalent to at least ten million.
Yang Jiye and Zhang Shaodi both showed satisfied smiles. These fifteen hundred strings must be known to the saint, but they will probably be given as a reward for their merits.
When the time comes, they will be divided among the fifty Hanshandu soldiers and several Jinyi captains. Yang Jiye and Zhang Shaodi will be able to score at least several hundred guans each.
Of course, more importantly, stabilizing Wang Yun now is equivalent to cutting off the Southern Tang Dynasty's ability to interfere with the imperial court's capture of Ma Chu.
Because even if the Southern Tang navy was very good, it would not be able to withstand the combined efforts of the Nanping and Ma Chu navy. If they wanted to interfere forcefully now, they would definitely be in trouble.
Wang Yun also smiled with satisfaction. An angel like Yang Jiye, who was the adopted son of the emperor, began to ask for bribes. This also proved that the court really did not want to do anything to him. The position of Yueyang Prefecture Governor and Yisheng Town Commander-in-Chief was finally stable.
. . . .
Zhang Yan received the report from Yang Jiye in Jiangling Mansion. This time, he was impressed by the speed of Nan Tang's actions.
After making arrangements in advance, Zhang Zhi sent people to Yuezhou. Li Jing of the Southern Tang Dynasty had already given him a solicitation price.
This shows that it is very likely that before Ma Xifan died or became seriously ill, someone in the Southern Tang Dynasty began to take action against Yuezhou.
So after receiving the report, Zhang Yan immediately ordered eight thousand naval troops, with Zhao Yanjin and Wei Lin as commanders-in-chief and deputy commanders.
Zhang Yanze personally led six thousand cavalry from Shandu and Youyu Linwei, escorted by Li Cunhui, Zhang Zhaozhong, Zhang Zhaojiu and Wang Shenqi, and went down the river by land.
On the first day of October, Zhao Yanjin led the navy to Sanjiangkou (now northwest of Yueyang), which is an important naval town in the northwest of Yuezhou.
As soon as Zhao Yanjin arrived, Ma Chu Sanjiangkou Land Town stopped Liao Kuangtu and led a hundred warships and 2,000 naval soldiers to ask Zhao Yanjin to surrender.
The army led by Zhang Gao also crossed Shishou at this time. Wu Hong, the general of Shishou town appointed by Ma Xihe, also led more than a thousand soldiers to kowtow in front of Zhang Gao's chariot to plead guilty.
On the fourth day of October, Zhao Yanjin and Wei Lin led Feihu, Feihe, and the Ma Chu navy at Sanjiangkou to arrive outside Yuezhou City. They were accompanied by more than 500 warships, large and small, filling the river.
At this time, Wang Yun may have felt that Zhao Yan's entry was a little aggressive, so he closed the Yuezhou water and land gates to prevent Zhao Yan from entering the city.
Zhao Yanjin was not in a hurry, because just when the navy arrived outside Yuezhou City, Zhang Gao's chariot also arrived thirty miles west of Yuezhou City.
The emperor had arrived, so Wang Yun naturally did not dare to stay in the city. After the angels sent by Zhang Gao arrived again, he went out of the city thirty miles to meet Zhang Gao at the urging of Yang Jiye and Zhang Shaodi.
This was the moment everyone was waiting for. As soon as Wang Yun and Yang Jiye left the city, Pan Shusi and Xu Songzhi, who had been oppressed by Wang Yun and other local generals in Yuezhou City, immediately launched a mutiny.
Pan Shusi was a guest general sent by the Ma Chu court to Yuezhou, so he and his more than a thousand soldiers from Tanzhou were always oppressed.
Not to mention Xu Songzhi, even the ten generals of Yishengdu can climb on his head.
The two groups took action with hatred, and with the assistance of Zhang Shaodi and the Jinyi Guards who were proficient in causing chaos in the city, they quickly occupied the west gate of Yuezhou and closed the city gate.
At the same time, Pan Shusi's trusted general Li Jian risked his life to open the gate of Shuicheng. Seeing this, Zhao Yanjin immediately rushed in with his troops and directly controlled the Yisheng capital of Yuezhou Navy.
At the same time, Wang Shenqi arrived from thirty miles away with a hundred flying horses, and immediately took control of Wang Yun himself, accusing him of being treasonous and communicating with the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Wang Yun's eyes were wide open. He looked at Yang Jiye who looked indifferent beside him and shouted: "Yang Dalang, you made a promise to a certain person."
Unfortunately, Wang Yun really underestimated Yang Jiye's shamelessness.
You must know that in history, besides being loyal, courageous and calm, I, Mr. Yang, am also known for his ability to make people look down.
Back then, the Northern Song Dynasty attacked the Northern Han Dynasty and surrounded Jinyang. The Khitan people chased them all the way, forcing the Northern Song army back and once again saving the Northern Han Dynasty.
At that time, Yang Jiye, who was the confidant of the Northern Han Dynasty, was not grateful. Instead, he suggested that Liu Jiyuan take the opportunity to attack the Khitan army and seize their ten thousand horses.
Then he used this as a bargaining chip to ask for surrender from the Northern Song Dynasty. In this way, the Northern Song Dynasty got thousands of elite war horses and Liao army armor, and they would be willing to treat Liu Jiyuan favorably, and the people in Hedong could be spared from the war.
Even Liu Jiyuan was shocked by this cruelty and shamelessness, and finally did not accept it.
It can be said that people like Yang Jiye know the righteousness and are quite loyal to the Central Plains court, but for his enemies, to say ruthless is an understatement, it should be vicious.
So, at this moment, even though he was only sixteen years old, Yang Jiye, who was very thick-skinned, looked indifferent and shrugged his shoulders.
"Of course I didn't say it. That was a secret from Uncle Pan. What does it have to do with me?"
After Wang Yun heard this, he screamed and fell to the ground. He spent all his wealth hoping to bribe Yang Jiye, but it turned out that they were just using a delaying tactic to trick him.
Immediately Zhang Yan arrived, and Wang Yun had been splashed with cold water to wake him up. Members of his family and Yi Sheng, including officers from Yuhou and above, were all taken over.
At this time, the officials of Ma Chu who had previously imagined that the Wang family would continue to rule Yuezhou had lost their temper.
He didn't dare to look at Zhang Yan, he just knelt on the ground and begged for mercy numbly and mechanically.
He wants to die now, but there are still more than 200 members of the Wang family in Yuezhou, so they can't all die with him.
Zhang Hao is not that ruthless. Hedging his bets is normal and a routine practice for warriors in this era.
If he kills Wang Yun, all the warriors in the world will have to fight to the death if they encounter the Zhou Kingdom.
Wang Yun is indeed guilty, but this crime is not that he is guilty of both sides, but that he should not have taken advantage of all the benefits of Yuezhou and wanted to continue.
So Zhang Gao thought for a while and said directly without any fuss: "Wang Yun has made great contributions to the city. I will immediately transfer him to the post of Governor of Pu. Your family is originally from the north, so please move back to Xuchang Mansion."
Wang Yun didn't expect that Zhang Yan would let him go, and he was extremely surprised. In the past, he would have felt a loss if he didn't give him a break, but now there is nothing to say.
Wang Yun cried loudly, and fell down in front of Zhang Yan with tears streaming down his face, "I thank the saint for his kindness."
Zhang Gao waved his hand, "Let's set off immediately!" Then he walked directly to Yuezhou City.
. . . .
On the fourth day of October, Zhang Yan successfully entered Yuezhou City and annexed more than 6,000 people from the Yisheng capital of Ma Chu's Yuezhou navy. Together with Liao Kuangtu who surrendered at Sanjiangkou, Zhang Yan basically captured the entire Ma Chu navy.
At this point, Zhang Zhou finally had a navy that could barely fight on the Yangtze River.
With defenses deployed in Yuezhou and Jiangling, the Southern Tang Dynasty finally lost its only chance to threaten Zhang Zhou.
After entering the city, Zhang Gao immediately ordered the change of Yuezhou into Yueyang Prefecture, appointed Zhang Shaodi as the governor of Yueyang Prefecture, Zhao Yanjin as the envoy of the Yueyang Navy, Wei Lin as the deputy envoy of the system, and Pan Shusi as the Marquis of Yu, the capital of Yisheng. , putting all the 16,000 naval troops here under Zhao Yanjin's control.
As soon as Zhao Yanjin took control of everything, he immediately began to purge the generals who had close ties with the Wang family in the original Yisheng capital, as well as those who had large amounts of land and interest entanglements in the states and counties of Yueyang Prefecture.
They were all scattered and distributed to various places, and finally they were reduced to 13,000 naval troops and 900 battleships.
As for Zhang Yan, he was going to take a short rest in Yueyang City. The next step was to punish Ma Xi'e.
(End of chapter)
