Prime Minister

Chapter 719 Sending Troops to Hezhou
At this moment in Xizhou City.

Bao Yue stood respectfully in front of Zhang Yue and Wang Shao.Bao Yue's original name was Blind Yao and he was Yu Longke's younger brother, but the two brothers each served a master, and Bao Yue was Mu Zheng's mastermind.

Last year, Yu Longke went to the capital to face the saint. The officials rewarded him with gold belts, silk and other things, and named him Zuoku envoy of Xijing, and then gave Yu Longke a name.

There are also rules for granting surnames by the Fan tribe. For example, Zhao is the surname of the country, which is generally not easily bestowed.

Based on the habit of the Tibetans who only know Longtu, Yu Longke said that I heard that there was a Bao Longtu who was loyal to the Song Dynasty, and I wanted to take his surname. The officials readily agreed and asked Yu Longke to change his name to Bao Shun.

As for Blind Yao, after he came to the Song Dynasty, he also changed his name and surname to Bao Yue as the Romans did, and now he was awarded the post of governor of the Tibetan Ministry, and stayed in Xizhou to listen to the orders of Zhang Yue and Wang Shao.

As Muzheng's mastermind, Bao Yue told Zhang Yue the details of Muzheng after he surrendered to the Song Dynasty, and proposed the strategy of capturing Xiangzi City, taking Hezhou next, and managing Hehuang.

At the same time, Bao Yue reported that Mu Zheng, his wife Xia Sanmu and his son Xu Muluo were all in Hezhou City.In addition, Dong Yu and Wu Yanzheng all came to be willing to be internal responses.

Hearing that the two of them are willing to be an internal response again, Zhang Yue couldn't help feeling amused. When the Song army captured Lintao, the two of them ran so fast that they couldn't even see the horse's tail, and they couldn't come back no matter how they called. Volunteering to surrender Song Dynasty.

Zhang Yue couldn't stop laughing, and Bao Yue lowered his head and said, "Master Jinglue's reputation in Hehuang is known to everyone, everyone knows it. Since Taoxi was defeated and retreated to Taodong, Mu Zheng's subordinates are now scattered. I don’t want to be an enemy of Song Dynasty, but Mu Zheng is still stubborn.”

"So Dong Yu and Jiewu Yanzheng have repented?"

Bao Yue continued: "In front of our army, the two dare not repent."

Zhang Yue nodded and said, "You are very good at talking."

After Bao Yue withdrew, Wang Shao said to Zhang Yue: "Jinglue, Mu Zheng's henchmen are all traitors, now the time is ripe to capture Hezhou, please make a decision, Mr. Jinglue."

Zhang Yue took the map of Hezhou drawn by the secret agent and said to Wang Shao: "It is 120 miles across the Taohe River to Xiangzi City, and another 170 miles to Hezhou. This is a total of [-] miles. If you attack Hezhou, you need to choose a general to station in Xiangzi City to dispatch troops and rear food and grass."

Wang Shao looked at the detailed picture drawn by the secret agent who did not know how much painstaking effort he said to Zhang Yue: "Yes, this Xiangzi City is the fundamental place for armies to communicate, if it is lost, the consequences will be disastrous. more competent?"

Zhang Yue said: "It's fine for me to go to Xiangzi City, but what about the rear? Gao Zunyu guards Lintao City, I'm afraid he will cause trouble."

Wang Shao said: "In the current situation, he should not cause trouble for nothing. Our army captured Hezhou, and he can also be promoted to rank. Why bother with us."

Zhang Yue said: "It would be great if Gao Zunyu had such a good friend."

The next day in the White Tiger Festival Hall, Zhang Yue and Wang Shao called Gao Zunyu to discuss the attack on Hezhou.

Zhang Yue and Wang Shao have succeeded in buying Mu Zheng's subordinates with money in the past two months. At the same time, after these few months of operation, the Fan tribe in Xizhou has also surrendered. Si Li waited for the leveling.

The food road from Tongyuan Army to Xizhou is also worry-free.

Zhang Yue asked the officials to grant the title of head of the 380 Seventh Army, the leader of Xizhou Fan Chief Wen Bucha. From then on, they were officials of the Song Dynasty and could receive monthly salaries.

As Wang Shao said, the time is now ripe to attack Hezhou.

But Gao Zunyu objected when he heard it. As for the objection, it was still the same. He said that Xixia soldiers and horses appeared on the front line of Lanzhou and Huizhou.

Zhang Yue and Wang Shao looked at each other, facing the so-called Xixia army that Gao Zunyu said was always online, the two were also very speechless.

Gao Zunyu said repeatedly, as long as you insist on sending troops to Hezhou, if Xixia comes to attack Lintao, you two will bear all the consequences.

Zhang Yue said: "Since Manager Gao thinks that Xixia has a lot of food gatherings recently, how about leaving Manager Gao to sit in Lintao and think that everything is safe?"

Gao Zunyu didn't accept Zhang Yue's words, but continued on his own: "Gao has always said that he will take the ancient Weizhai as the foundation and gradually make progress. Now he has just won Xizhou not long ago, and he is going to attack Hezhou 170 miles away. It’s really too hasty.”

Wang Shaodao: "Why does Director Gao always disagree with us?"

Gao Zunyu didn't speak, but Zhang Yue could hear clearly that Gao Zunyu was ignoring the relationship. If Zhang Yue and Wang Shao were defeated in their attack on Hezhou, then Gao Zunyu was not responsible for opposing the aggressiveness of Hezhou. On the contrary, he had the foresight.However, if Zhang Yue Wang Shao succeeded in attacking, then even if Gao Zunyu could do nothing, he would have made great contributions to guarding Lintao.

This is wishful thinking playing straight, there is no way you are head-to-head, Gao Zunyu has never lost money.

Wang Shao was not annoyed, but Zhang Yue said: "Well, then everything can be done according to what Manager Gao said! Then I will ask Manager Gao to sit in the rear."

Gao Zunyu didn't say anything after hearing this, and left the Baihu Festival Hall with fists in his arms.

After Gao Zunyu left, Wang Shao was so angry that he came to Zhang Yue and said: "Now this Xihe Road is only able to bear Jinglue. If it were me, I would definitely turn against this Gao Zunyu."

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "How can His Majesty Gao Zunyu not know? It's just because of the empress dowager's face. Your Majesty is a wise king. We don't have to fight for credit or anything. He will illuminate thousands of miles. You and I don't want to be like Gao Zunyu." People are angry."

Wang Shao nodded after hearing this, and relieved the resentment in his heart a little.

Xining five years March 22nd.

Zhang Yue and Wang Shao gathered soldiers and horses from all walks of life in Lintao City. Among them were Jing Sili, Miao Shou, Wang Junwan, Wang Cun, Han Cunbao, Wei Qi, Xi Qi, Bao Shun, Bao Yue and other generals. There are generals, envoys, and utilities, with a total of [-] troops riding on the Lintao sacrificial flag.

And Gao Zunyu, Wen Jifu, Lu Shengqing and others went out of the city to send the army off, and then returned to the city to sit and guard.

At this moment, at the turn of spring and summer, when the weather at the boundary of Xizhou and Hezhou cleared up, the army went straight to Taoshui and traveled [-] miles a day.

Zhang Yue and Wang Shao rode side by side, and Wang Shao kept saying to Zhang Yue along the way, where is the road from Xizhou to Hezhou, after all, it is necessary to build a fort here to defend it.

On that day, the army lived directly in the felt city of the local Fan tribe in Hezhou.

The women of the Fan tribe greeted the arrival of the Song army with songs, and at the same time, the elders of the Fan tribe brought drinks and offered barley to the soldiers.

Both Zhang Yue and Wang Shao gladly accepted the warm hospitality of the Fan tribe.

The next day, the army continued to move forward, and traveled another [-] miles to Xiangzicheng, an important town of the Tibetan tribe in Qingtang.

At this moment, the gate of Xiangzi City was actually opened. It turned out that upon hearing the news of the arrival of the Song Dynasty army, the defenders of Xiangzi City left without a fight and fled the city.

Envoy Zhang Yue and Wang Shao took Xiangzi City without bloodshed.

(End of this chapter)