Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 870
Mi Tong, the prefect of Linhuai, is a newly rising and powerful military leader in the Xuzhou military system.

After Yongjia, Jinzuo rejuvenated in Jiangdong, and Jiehu Shile was bigger than Hebei.Originally, between Qing and Xu, there were still Cao Yi, Shao Xu and other refugee commanders who separated themselves, and Zu Ti’s northern expedition reclaimed a large area of ​​Henan. Therefore, the front line of confrontation with Jie Hu during that period was mainly maintained above the Huai River and between the north and south of the Yellow River. .

But then Shao Xu, Cao Yi and others were defeated one after another, Zu Ti died, and during that period of Wang Dun's rebellion, many powerful military leaders among Xu Huai also joined Jiangdong's power struggle one after another.At that time, it was Jiyin Bian Dun and Wang Shu's younger brother Wang Sui who were guarding Xu Huai. They were timid to fight, so they gave up a large area of ​​Huaibei's city and land, and retreated to Huainan Xuyi.

Since then, although the Jin army has been fighting with the Jiehu army, it has never been able to establish a stable stronghold in Huaibei, and even Xuyi, Huaiyin and other important towns on the south bank of the Huai River have been lost one after another.This situation lasted until the great battle in Huaibei a few years ago, when the Shihu retreated and the Jie Kingdom collapsed, the situation finally turned around. The Jin army finally set foot in Huaibei, which had been extinct for more than ten years, and regained the territory of counties and counties.

Mi Tong gradually grew stronger during the ten years of the Occupation, and he did not remain loyal to the end after Jiehu was defeated. territory.And because of his meritorious deeds, he was also appointed by Xi Jian as a very important Linhuai prefect in the town. His jurisdiction extends from Huai River to Xiapi directly. It is the essence of Xuzhou in Huaibei. He is the leading real power leader in the Xuzhou Army.

Mi Tong's garrison in Suyu was a new city built between Peijun and Xiapi after Xuzhou regained the territory of Huaibei.It can also be seen from this that his people are still untrustworthy. There are two important towns, Pengcheng and Xiapi, to the north, and there is no lack of Jiancheng in Peijun to the west.Many fortresses in the surrounding area are not allowed, but they are arranged in the flat area between the wilderness, and even the city is newly built.

There is nothing wrong with such an arrangement. Although Mi Tong took the lead in returning to righteousness, he has also been operating under the wings of the Jie Kingdom for many years. It is impossible for Xi Jian to believe in it.And Mi Tong, as a surrendered general, did not dare to expect to be able to rule the fortress in Xuzhou, where there are many warriors. His current position is considered the best among the surrendered generals, and there is really nothing to complain about.

Although he is a powerful army leader, Mi Tong is not a brave and brave man. He is quite influenced by Qilu's crown and belt style, and looks more like a middle-aged Confucian scholar who is upright and peaceful.However, people should not be judged by appearances. Those who can struggle to get ahead in this chaotic world and leap ahead of others are naturally impossible to be rotten Confucians.In fact, Mi Tong is not only proficient in bowing horses, but also known as the head of Xu Bei's swordsmanship on horseback.Although it is not a good reputation to exaggerate in martial arts, it can also be seen that his military strength is high.

Mi Tong has three sons, named Huaibei Sanxiu, each with superhuman martial arts skills, which is also his powerful help to control the troops.Mi's father and son, together with their old relatives, formed the Huaibei Township Party armed group, which is not the strongest but definitely not weak. Once fully mobilized, it can gather at least [-] soldiers.

In troubled times, only a strong army and a strong horse can sleep in peace. This is one of the reasons why those old army leaders in Xuzhou did not dare to take any substantive hostile actions even though they disliked their Huaibei small group.

It is true that even if they gather together, their strength is not as good as that of Xuzhou's original military leaders.But on the one hand, it is impossible for those military leaders to unite completely. On the other hand, if they dare to use force, even if they are defeated, they can completely disrupt Huaibei and Xuzhou with their deep local foundation.Therefore, both parties exercise restraint, and even if there is a dispute, they will not tear their faces apart.After all, the military leaders are only seeking to survive and show off, and they will not fight together in meaningless chaos and die together.

At this time, it was located in the Mi Tong official office in Suyu City, and there were more than a dozen people gathered here, and these people were the backbone of the Mi Clan.And under the hall, there is a person kneeling below, his upper body is naked, his shoulders and backs are covered with bruises, and some places even ooze blood, obviously he has just been tortured.This person is Mi Kong, the eldest son of Mi Tong. His face was gloomy, and he kowtowed silently.

"Why retreat without fighting?"

Mi Tong looked at the eldest son with a fierce gleam in his eyes.Yesterday, Liu Zheng's rebellious army attacked the Prime Minister Chun Yu'an, it was at the behest of Mi Tong.And in order to be sure, he also sent his eldest son, Mi Kong, to lead a thousand private soldiers from the direct descendants to the south to hide around the lower prime minister, in order to wipe out Chunyu safely.In the end, Mi Kong actually retreated without a fight, allowing Chun Yuan to survive!
"Bo Yingwu fought bravely, and he was not a reckless person. The reason why he avoided the battle should be his own plan..."

An old man with a high crown next to him saw Mi Kong's miserable state of torture, and felt quite unbearable, so he opened his mouth immediately.But in the middle of the speech, Mi Tong interrupted with a cold snort: "My father, you don't have to pay attention to this bad son. If I didn't have thoughts or other secrets, this bad son would be punished just because he didn't obey the military order." die!"

When Mi Kong heard this, his shoulders trembled suddenly, and he subconsciously raised his head to look at the tall crowned old man. The old man was his father-in-law, named Liu Xu.Liu Xu was interrupted by Mi Tong unceremoniously just now, and now he is quite embarrassed, and it is really inconvenient to speak again.

"My son is definitely not timid to fight, but he has doubts in his heart and dare not advance lightly. Chun Yu'an is a man who knows little about military affairs, and his military equipment is not well-equipped. Liu Man led thousands of people to attack. It was a game that must be won, but he was killed by Chun Yu'an Defeated, it can be seen that there must be a strong army to help, or Xu Zhen's other troops to help. Ersuo led a mere thousand people, if the minister has a conspiracy plan, even if he goes to war, he may not succeed. Why do you regret fighting to the death, but you are afraid of your parents I don't know the danger, let alone..."

"Fool! There are guards all around the Prime Minister. If Chun Yu'an really has strong support, how can he avoid many eyes and ears? Even if it is a communication report, it can be used by three or five soldiers, so why do you need to lead everyone to report it?"

Although Mi Tong was also curious about why Liu Man couldn't kill Chun Yu'an, he still couldn't accept the excuse of his son.He raised his hand and pointed at the second son in the mat, and snorted coldly: "Take this idiot down, and don't let it go!"

After the two sons left, Mi Tong sighed and ordered his subordinates to call Chun Yu'an urgently to see him.He knew that everyone present might not understand why he wanted to get along with that benevolent and cowardly Chun Yu'an, and he must put him to death.However, it is really difficult for him to tell the public what the inside story is.

To put it simply, Liu Zheng's rebellious army, which he deliberately trapped in the wild, is gradually getting out of control, and he will be in danger of burning himself by playing with fire.So he wants to borrow an event to put Liu Zheng to death, and at the same time he also wants to get the place of the prime minister, and continue to infiltrate south to Huaishui.

He doesn't care about the place of Xiaxiang itself, but if he can hold it in his hands, he can break through Xi Jian's blockade of him, directly threaten Xuyi on the south bank of the Huai River, and can also directly conduct transactions with Huainan , reap the benefits.Whether it is in the living environment or in actual interests, there will be great benefits.

As far as Mi Tong is concerned, he does not actually have the consciousness of being a minister of Jie or a minister of Jin. All his wisdom is just to obtain a better living environment.In the past years, under the protection of Liu Zheng's wings, he grew stronger. Although the country of Jie was defeated, he was not defeated.

This also made him feel the importance of his own strength. He didn't have to think about whether Jie Guo was more powerful or Jin Zuo was more powerful. As long as he strengthened himself, no matter which side the future belonged to, others would treat him with courtesy.

Getting rid of Liu Zheng is of great significance to him. One can cover up the evidence of his collusion with the rebellious army. It is worthwhile to grow stronger and develop towards Henan, and he is the one who needs to unite.

However, Liu Zheng is not a mediocre person. When it comes to the prestige in Huaibei in the past, he even surpassed him.Although Mi Tong saw the opportunity early and surrendered quickly, taking advantage of Xuzhou's army in the south to wipe out a group of enemies in the countryside, but he can still feel that besides him, there are people who are also secretly supporting Liu Zheng's rebellious army , and these people are very likely to come from his subordinates.

From the bottom of his heart, Mi Tong intends to completely get rid of Liu Zheng, the former benefactor.Especially seeing that Xi Jian is getting old, although he doesn't know the details of the political struggles in the Jiangdong court, he also knows that every time a border town is changed, there will inevitably be a series of turmoil, and a little carelessness may lead to chaos, and the chaos will soon It's his chance.

Probably Liu Zheng is also waiting for such an opportunity to make a comeback, so he needs to get rid of Liu Zheng as soon as possible, and then concentrate on preparing for it.As for whether to support the people to enrich themselves in the countryside, or fall to the new governor of Xuzhou, or simply capture Pengcheng and collude with Shi Kannan, it will be time to see the specific situation.

The rebellious army led by Liu Man was defeated in Xiaxiang, and it became anticlimactic.Mi Tong himself didn't feel much about this, but Mi Tong was disappointed and angry that the eldest son didn't dare to go straight to the prime minister and seized this place first.He originally planned to sit back and reap the benefits, but he didn't expect it to turn into a surprise.

After this battle, it is conceivable that Xi Jian will have to increase his troops later, making it even more difficult for him to seek this place.If he couldn't open the blockade to the south, he wouldn't have the confidence to have both ways.It should be noted that his followers are not monolithic, and have been trapped in this unsafe place for a long time. If there are no major changes in the north and south, his small group will soon be disintegrated and digested.

The reason why he was eager to see Chun Yu'an was to find out what was going on in the First World War.If Xi Jian had set up a ferocious trap under his nose, then the picture was not only Liu Zheng's rebellious army, but he might also be taken with him.In this way, he will have to consider whether to unite more deeply with Liu Zheng, and create chaos.

Mi Tong naturally wouldn't say these thoughts to others.It's not about trust or not, it's just that it doesn't have to be known.While meditating, Mi Tong ordered everyone in the hall to return to their respective units. No matter what the situation is, there will definitely be a war.Therefore, it is necessary for the various ministries to gather people as soon as possible to deal with the next changes in the situation.

After Liu Xu, an old man with a high crown, left the prefect's mansion, a middle-aged warrior quickly came forward to help him and put him on the bullock cart, and then whispered: "My father-in-law is in the meeting this time, the man of the house has a word to say ?”

The middle-aged hero is Liu Xu's son-in-law, named Gao Zhong, who originally did not belong to the Huaibei small group, but a wandering food leader in Guangling.Liu Xu's sons were all dead, and because of his bravery and filial piety, he was recruited as his son-in-law and reused. At this time, when he heard Gao Zhong's question, he sighed: "Mi Ziji has been in chaos for a long time, and it is really difficult to respect him. His man If he stays in power for a long time, it will definitely bring disaster to my homeland. Although I have a deep friendship with him, I really don't want to be coerced into chaos. How reliable is your good return?"

Hearing this, Gao Zhong's eyes suddenly brightened: "I and my father-in-law are already one body, how dare we deceive and lead us in a bad way. In the past, I was mad and rebellious against Duke Liang, and Duke Liang pardoned me righteously. Now the town of Wokou General Xu Mao and Xu Suiran were also my former benefactors. If it wasn’t for my father-in-law’s close family, I would have already invested in Huainan. There is one more thing, how can my father-in-law know why I can win? Chunyu’an’s people rely on Huainan strong Help! Xu Suiran secretly told me about this matter, there is no doubt about it, and it was Xi Gong who asked for help..."

"Since that's the case, then I have nothing to hesitate. Later, you go and fetch some relatives. I really can't bear to see them follow Mi Ziji to death."

After hearing the words, Liu Xu let out a long sigh, and then looked at the Taishou's Mansion, which had gradually moved away from the bullock cart.
(End of this chapter)