Qian Song

Chapter 102 Waking of Insects, Breeze (Please subscribe, please ask for a monthly pass!)

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May [-]th, Jingzhe, breeze.

As soon as the time passed, one hundred thousand Song troops, who had enough wine and meat for a meal, assembled on the opposite bank of Jiaoshan Temple.

When it was approaching Yinshi, the [-] vanguard army led by Wang Yuan methodically boarded three to four hundred ships of various sizes.

It’s really not that Liu Yanqing, Xin Xingzong and others didn’t want to send more troops as the vanguard. It’s that the Song Army really ran out of ships—in order to be able to cross the natural danger of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop, the Song Army had already found all the ships they could find for Wang Yuan to transport troops. used.

As soon as Yinshi arrived, Wang Yuan immediately commanded the fleet to sail quietly to Jiaoshan Temple on the opposite side of the river under the cover of night...

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May [-]th, Jingzhe, breeze.

Zhang Gong stood in the camp of the Tiger Army in Jiaoshan Temple, staring at the slightly rippling Yangtze River under the bright moonlight, his heart was full of worship!

Zhang Gongzu's ancestors have been farmers who planed food from the ground for generations, and they have worked hard for generations.

But for some reason, the harder Zhang Gong and his family worked, the poorer they became.

In order to support his family, Zhang Gong had no choice but to go hunting with the hunters in the village to support his family.

Once, in the process of hunting, Zhang Gong was singled out without paying attention.

Coincidentally, Zhang Gong met an adult worm.

Zhang Gong was so frightened that he didn't choose his way, and accidentally rolled down the hillside.

As a result, Zhang Gong's crotch hit a stone.

The good news is that the big worm didn't chase Zhang Gong anymore.

The bad news is that Zhang Gong is useless and needs a lot of money for medical treatment.

In order to save Zhang Gong's life, Zhang Gong's wife, Tian Shi, borrowed two coins from Daguan Li, and then sent Zhang Gong to the county for treatment.

But Lang Zhong said that he could do nothing after seeing Zhang Gong's injury, but Lang Zhong gave Zhang Gong and Tian Shi an idea, that is, let Zhang Gong and Tian Shi go to an old eunuch whom Lang Zhong knew to find a solution.

Seeing that Tian was pitiful, the old eunuch took two coins from Tian and gave Zhang Gong a knife.

Not to mention, that old eunuch's craftsmanship is really good.

Within a few months, Zhang Gong got better.

But then came the problem.

I don’t know what’s going on with the two coins Tian borrowed from Mr. Li. No matter how Zhang Gong farms or hunts, it will never end, and the amount will keep increasing until it becomes an astronomical sum. .

In Zhang Gong's view, even if he worked hard for a hundred lifetimes, he would never be able to pay back that money.

Finally, one day, Li Daguan personally brought people to Zhang Gong's house and occupied Tian's and Zhang Gong's two daughters.

This is not over yet, Zhang Gong was also sold to Li Daguan at a discount and became Li Daguan's "slave".

Zhang Gong has a superb archery skill, which is almost a hundred hits.

After Li Daguan learned about this from Tian, ​​he might be worried that Zhang Gong would harm him one day, so he sold Zhang Gong to Fang Youchang of Qixian Village.

After that, Zhang Gong lived a life of insensitivity.

Until Fang La gathered a crowd to revolt in Qixian Village.

Zhang Gong, who had been in a daze all this time, suddenly had the idea of ​​resisting after hearing Fang La's impassioned words of encouragement?

However, no one in Fang Layi's army looked down upon Zhang Gong, an eunuch whose wife had been taken over and whose two daughters dared not resist, and they were unwilling to recruit Zhang Gong.

Only Zhang Shi, who is eager for talents, does not dislike Zhang Gong's disability and uselessness, so he recruits Zhang Gong into Li Cun's team.

In this way, Zhang Gong became the first group of people to follow Li Cun's uprising.

After joining the Huben Army, Zhang Gong has repeatedly made military exploits by virtue of his superb archery skills.

And Li Cun never discriminated against Zhang Gong because Zhang Gong is an incomplete person.

This made Zhang Gong's military rank higher and higher.

Now, Zhang Gong has been promoted to the position of commander, commanding 500 people.

Li Cun is kind to Zhang Gong, and gives Zhang Gong a decent life, so that Zhang Gong can live like a person, instead of a wimp worse than a dog.

Ordinarily, Zhang Gong should be grateful to Li Cun, and should also be loyal to Li Cuncai.

But it turns out that poor people must have something to hate.

After Yuwen Huangzhong "accidentally" met Zhang Gong, he talked happily with Zhang Gong, and expressed his willingness to have a deep friendship with Zhang Gong.

The son of a wealthy family and a literati who was once high above the top is willing to make friends with Zhang Gong, which makes Zhang Gong very happy.

This made Zhang Gong go to chat with Mr. Yuwen for a while if he had nothing to do, or even have a few drinks.

At the same time, Zhang Gong also learned a lot of thoughts of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism from Yuwen Huangzhong.

Moreover, Yuwen Huang Zhong told Zhang Gong that the imperial court never discriminated against eunuchs, eunuchs were often the most loyal to the emperor, and the emperor trusted eunuchs the most.

Yuwen Huangzhong also gave Zhang Gong the examples of Tong Guan, Tan Zhen, Liang Shicheng, Yang Jian, Li Yan, Zhang Di and other trusted eunuchs of Zhao Ji, and publicized the "great achievements" of these eunuchs.

When Zhang Gong heard about Tong Guan's deeds and Tong Guan's prestige in the Northwest, infinite yearning arose in his heart.

Slowly, Zhang Gong began to feel that no matter how nice Li Cun was to him, it would not change the fact that Li Cun was a rebel, and the world belonged to the Zhao family, and Zhao Ji was also very wise and powerful. It's not Zhao Ji's fault, but corrupt officials who misled Zhao Ji.

The key point is that Zhang Gong is not optimistic about Li Cun's uprising, and feels that Li Cun's uprising will sooner or later be wiped out by the court.

After Yuwen Huangzhong saw that Zhang Gong was a person who could be recruited by him, he found the right time to ask Zhang Gong to surrender Zhang Gong with a high-ranking official and generous salary, and promised that as long as Zhang Gong made great contributions to the court, he would recommend Zhang Gong to Tong Guandang. Adopted son, the squad that succeeds Tong Guan will lead all the troops of the Song Dynasty to be recorded in history, just like the squad that Tong Guan took over from his adoptive father Li Xian back then.

Zhang Gong was tempted by Yuwen Huangzhong, so he secretly surrendered to Zhao Song.

Later, when Li Cun was deploying defenses, Zhang Gong approached Li Cun and told him that he had suffered from an old injury and wanted to serve as a frontier guard for a while to recuperate.

What made Zhang Gong happy was that Li Cun readily agreed to Zhang Gong's request and wanted to send Zhang Gong a medical officer to see a doctor.

But was rejected by Zhang Gong.

Not long after, Zhang Gong was transferred to Jiaoshan Temple for garrison.

Zhang Gong reported the good news to Yuwen Huangzhong immediately.

With the help of Yuwen Huangzhong, Zhang Gong used various means to win over dozens of cronies, just waiting for the opportunity to serve the court.

Now, Yuwen Huangzhong has transferred Zhang Gong's partner, the supervisor Chen Nailei, just before Yinshi, he ordered his men and horses to be taken away from the Jiaoshan Temple camp, and he has made great contributions to the court, and then he can become a very powerful A potential eunuch, honoring the ancestors.

At that time, Zhang Gong can bring back Mrs. Tian and his two daughters. As for the children born to Mr. Li by Mrs. Tian and his two daughters, we will talk about it at that time...

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May [-]th, Jingzhe, breeze.

Looking at the moon that had already started to set in the west, Yuwen Huangzhong breathed a sigh of relief.

"Unless Li Cun returns to Zhenjiang immediately, Li Cun will definitely not be able to catch up with this battle."

After lurking beside Li Cun for half a year, Yuwen Huang Zhong became more and more in awe of Li Cun, a young man who was not as old as his son.

It is precisely because of this that if Li Cun did not leave the front line, Yuwen Huangzhong would not dare to advocate that the Song army launch this surprise attack.

Yuwen Huangzhong reckoned that even with Li at the front line, Zhang Gong wouldn't dare to make small moves under Li Cun's nose.

This is the endless prestige that Li Cun has accumulated in the Huben Army.

Fortunately, Fang La put strong pressure on Li Cun, so that Li Cun had to secretly go back to Hangzhou in person when there was still a war on the front line.

From Yuwen Huangzhong's point of view, Li Cun is ridiculously powerful, but Li Cun also has a very serious shortcoming here, that is, none of Li Cun's generals can be alone, and most civil servants are alienated from Li Cun.

This made it impossible to do without Li Cun everywhere, and Li Cun could not take care of the rear when he cared about the front line.

In this way, as long as the Song Army can kill the Yangtze River, Zhenjiang and Jiangning Mansions, which are crucial to the Huben Army, are likely to lose in a single battle.

If Zhenjiang and Jiangning Mansion, even just one of them, were captured by the Song Army, the Song Army would be able to cross the natural danger of the Yangtze River.

At that time, the Huben Army, a group of rebels with unlimited potential, will no longer be able to withstand the imperial court's extermination...

But at this moment, Hu Tu, Yuwen Huangzhong's deputy, suddenly pushed the door of Yuwen Huangzhong's room with four people: "Mr. Yuwen, I should be on my way."

Yuwen Huang Zhong recognized at a glance that the four people behind Hu Tu were Wu Desi's spies.

Seeing Wu Desi's secret agent appearing in front of him at this time, and hearing what Hu Tu said, Yuwen Huangzhong immediately realized: "The big thing is not good!"

Yuwen Huangzhong reacted quickly, and he hurriedly drew the sword he had always carried with him.

But no matter how fast Yuwen Huangzhong's reaction was, it couldn't be as fast as Wu Desi's spy.

The two secret agents of Wu Desi came to the left and the right of Yuwen Huangzhong in a flash, and then the two of them grabbed Yuwen Huangzhong's arms respectively, and easily lowered Yuwen Huangzhong's sword.

Yuwen Huangzhong, who has always been quiet in Gujing, became a little hysterical: "When did I leak my flaws? Please tell the truth!"

Hu Tu came to Yuwen Huangzhong's side, then lay down next to Yuwen Huangzhong's ear, and said softly to Yuwen Huangzhong: "When I first met the chief governor, the chief governor already knew that you are the inner one."

After Yuwen Huangzhong heard this, his pupils shrank. He didn't believe it: "You lied to me! I have never met Li Cunsu, how could Li Cunsu know my identity?!"

Hu Tu shook his head: "Don't ask me, I don't know, I only know that after you and I passed the imperial examination, the governor ordered me to monitor you, to be honest with you, all your actions in the past six months are under the responsibility of me and Wu Desi." under surveillance."

After listening to Yuwen Huangzhong, it's like mourning and examining his concubine!

——Yuwen Huangzhong was never afraid of death, he was just blaming himself for killing Da Song!

Glancing at Yuwen Huangzhong who was played by Li Cun in the applause, Hu Tu became more and more in awe of Li Cun: "The governor is absolutely invincible!"

Thinking of this, Hu Tu waved his hand: "Take it away."

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While arresting Yuwen Huangzhong, Li Cun also came to the gathering place of more than 1000 guards and horse troops ready to go.

Before getting on the horse, Li Cun asked the left and right: "How is the almanac today?"

Chen Kuutong replied: "May [-]th, the waking of insects, the breeze, Huang Liyan, it is not suitable to go out today."

When Li Cun heard this, he smiled: "When you are here, then I will go home."

After finishing speaking, Li Cun got on his horse and returned to Zhenjiang in the first place...

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(End of this chapter)