Qiming 1158

Chapter 743 Tian Shizhong is looking forward to Wu Gong
Tian Shizhong's talent points are basically at the political level, and he specializes in pleasing his boss.

At this level, he can be regarded as a talent. Relying on ingratiating Zhang Jun, Qin Hui, and Zhao Gou, he was able to become a guarding general for more than 20 years with ordinary qualifications.

If Yue Fei had his ability, there would be no such thing as Feng Bo Ting.

But unfortunately, Yue Fei didn't have it. Yue Fei's eyes only had victory and righteousness.

Because he is too specialized in political skills, this person's military ability is average. Even the degraded Yue family army still looks down on him. For more than 20 years, Tian Shizhong was able to sit in this position because of bribes to officials in the court. Otherwise, he would have been in this position already He was squeezed out by his subordinates.

With the passage of time, the fall of the Jin Kingdom and the establishment of the Ming Kingdom, Tian Shizhong thought that all the risks to the north had disappeared, and he could face the ups and downs, live a comfortable military life, and wait for his glorious retirement.

But he didn't expect that the Ming-Song war was about to break out, shattering his fantasy, and he realized that he was already on the cusp of the storm.

This time, he was lucky and didn't catch up with the Ming army's attack on the Jinghu theater. If it was a little bit worse, the Ming army's main attack direction was the Jinghu theater, then his hometown elders should have been beating gongs and drums to eat.

In addition to politics, Tian Shizhong's second advantage is that he is very clear about how much he has.

Of course, the same is true for the imperial court. Although Zhao Gou knew that Tian Shizhong was obedient, he also had a deep understanding of Tian Shizhong's incompetence. So on the eve of the war, Wu Gong, the eldest son of the deceased famous general Wu Jie, was transferred from the Sichuan-Shu war zone to Beijing. In the Lake War Zone, he served as the prefect of Xiangyang Prefecture.

Tian Shizhong is very clear that Wu Gong is his heir selected by Zhao Gou. In the future, if the Jinghu Theater becomes the main battlefield of the Ming-Song War, Wu Gong will definitely come forward to become the main general and lead the army and Ming Dynasty in the Jinghu Theater. bloody military.

For this, Tian Shizhong has no dissatisfaction.

Especially when he saw the fierce combat effectiveness of the Ming army, he was even more afraid to continue to serve as the head of the Jinghu Theater. He only hoped to "retire with honor" as soon as possible under this terrible situation, get out of the big pit, and change. Have a peaceful old age.

So this last expedition was also used by Tian Shizhong as a stage for Wu Gong alone.

He didn't have any idea of ​​competing for credit, and even regarded his favorite credit in the past as a hot potato, avoiding it like a flood of beasts.

He appointed Wu Gong as the vanguard general, and continued to increase Wu Gong's strength, let Wu Gong rush all the way in front, and he followed slowly behind, looking forward to Wu Gong's better performance, so that the court could appoint Wu Gong as soon as possible. Gong became the main general of the Jinghu Theater and let him retire with honor.

The greater Wu Gong's merits and achievements, the happier he will be. He doesn't appear to be jealous at all, and his cronies think he has been taken away.

Wu Gong didn't care about this. He knew what the court meant for him to be the prefect of Xiangyang, and he also knew the thoughts of Tian Shizhong, so he just rushed forward, and Tian Shizhong would handle everything for him and help him get it done.

Tian Shizhong followed Wu Gong's ass to Yichun and did not continue to advance. He set up the headquarters here, and then sent another veteran Li Dao to lead [-] troops south to Luling to quell the Jizhou rebellion.

Li Dao was the only old Yue family member still alive in the world, and his status was still very high. Compared with those of his former colleagues, he was a prosperous official. Obviously, he had some skills.

And one of his Taoist friends pushed his status to another peak.

This Taoist friend is called Huangfu Tan, and his experience is very mysterious.

If the word could describe this person's experience, it should.

He was originally a Taoist priest, who worked in medicine and had a small reputation in the rivers and lakes.

At that time, Zhao Gou's mother was suffering from an eye disease, and there was no imperial doctor in the palace who could cure it, so she had to appeal to the people, so Huangfu Tan stepped on the stage of history and cured Zhao Gou's mother's eye disease, and also cured a palace in Zhao Gou. Human leg disease.

The Song Dynasty was a dynasty that advocated Taoism. Zhao Gou's father, Huizong Zhao Ji, even called himself Emperor Daojun, which shows Song's advocacy for Taoism.

Huangfu Tan cured Zhao Gou's old lady. She was eloquent and knowledgeable. Zhao Gou was very happy in a few words, and she treated Huangfu Tan differently from then on.

By chance, Huangfu Tan mentioned in front of Zhao Gou that Li Fengniang, the daughter of Li Dao, who was an official to the Qingyuan army at the time, was a stunning beauty. Has the face of the mother's world.

Zhao Gou trusted Huangfu Tan very much. Hearing what he said, he immediately became interested. He called Li Fengniang to the court to see that she was a stunning beauty. The son of Zhao Dun.

Li Dao has since become a royal family member.

This experience is a fantasy.

A Taoist priest could actually persuade the emperor to betroth a beautiful woman to his grandson, especially since Zhao Tan had basically established the victory in the war of succession to the throne. Under such circumstances, this woman is likely to be the future queen.

Did the Song Dynasty choose the queen so hasty?

But no matter what, Li Dao became a relative of the royal family, and Tian Shizhong did not dare to provoke an existence, although Tian Shizhong did not toss Li Dao very much before.

This time on the southern expedition, Tian Shizhong knew that he had no ability, so he mainly relied on Wu Gong and Li Dao.

Wu Gong naturally needless to say, Jiangmen Huzi has some skills.

And Li Dao, who could serve as a military commander in Yue Fei's time, was naturally very good at using troops.

After Li Dao was appointed by Tian Shizhong, he led his troops south to Luling, preparing to make another military exploit at the end of his life, so as to make a good end to his military career.

Tian Shizhong's attack was very fierce, and Qi Fang's attack was also quite fierce.

Qi Fang is also considered to be a lucky person. He was originally a thief in the south of the Yangtze River. In the Southern Song Dynasty at that time, he had a special title called military thief.

He was originally against the imperial court. After being defeated by Yue Fei, he took refuge in Zhang Jun and was taken in. From then on, he leaned on Zhang Jun's thigh and followed Zhang Jun's official fortune.

To be honest, in the Southern Song Dynasty, it was not ashamed to be defeated by Yue Fei, and being able to survive under Yue Fei's hands was indeed not something that ordinary people could do. This Qi Fang also had some skills of his own.

This time he was ordered to send troops with 3 people with him. After occupying De'an County, he went further south to occupy Jianchang County. At this time, his goal was Nanchang.

At this time, Han Wu was enjoying his glory and wealth as an overlord, completely unaware that he was facing a double attack.

Knowing that Qi Fang was approaching Nanchang with his army, he dispatched his general Wu Dayan to lead the army north to meet him, feeling that as long as the rebel army attacked aggressively, the Song army would inevitably be defeated.

But there is still a difference between the regular army and the local army. If the local army is rotten, the regular army is also a terrible level.

The insurgent army defeated the rotten local army, but they had never fought against the lousy regular army, and had little experience.

And Wu Dayan was also a man who underestimated the enemy and attacked Qi Fang's [-] troops in the plain area with [-] troops.

Wu Dayan fled back to Nanchang in embarrassment, and less than two hundred people came back with him.

This defeat awakened Han Wu's overlord dream.

Seeing Wu Dayan who came back in panic, Han Wu became anxious, and immediately ran out of Wenrou Township to ask Wu Dayan about the specific situation.

"There are cavalry and infantry, there are many elite weapons, and they all wear armor. Our people don't have a lot of armor. When we fight against Song Thieves, we are very disadvantaged. It should be Song Thief's elite! Elite!"

Wu's big eyes were full of panic.

Han Wu took a few deep breaths and felt that the Song Jun he faced this time was different from the one he faced straight ahead. He might really be an elite.

If the [-] army was defeated so simply, then the remaining army in his hand would be difficult to match, and he could defend the city for a while.
At one point he wanted to run away.

But in an instant, the thought was dismissed.

(End of this chapter)