Qian Song

Chapter 166 Li Cun: My mother said, it's safe to be in the bag (please ask for a monthly ticket!)

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There is an ancient group in China, they are the "Danjia people" called "Water Gypsies".

The Dan family of later generations lived on boats, wandered all over the world, and made a living by fishing.

However, for the Dan family in this era, fishing is only their secondary job, and their main job is pirates.

Those who knew the Dan family called them Dan family thieves.

Danjia thieves have four surnames: Zheng, Shi, Ma, and Xu. They use Lantau Island as their main base, have camps, and shipyards. Their activities range from the Pearl River Estuary to the Qiongzhou Strait.

Moreover, the Dan family thieves also have strict discipline. They stipulate:

Anyone who dares to monopolize power without authorization or violates the orders of superiors will be punished without mercy;

Those who dare to bully women at will will be killed without mercy;

Those who steal public property or invade the countryside without authorization are unforgivable crimes;

Those who hide booty and shelter are convicted according to the amount of property hidden;
Those who desert or are absent without permission will be punished by cutting off their ears, and then they will be displayed in front of the brothers in the stock;

There are also corresponding punishments for those who have a chaotic private life, such as men and women who have adulterous affairs, the man beheaded, and the woman's legs are tied with heavy objects and sunk into the sea.

In other words, this is a group of well-disciplined and well-managed pirate groups, not a group of mobs who only know how to burn, kill, and loot.

It is precisely because of this that this group of pirates has become the largest group of pirates left and right.

According to legend, the four families of Zheng, Shi, Ma, and Xu together have no fewer than [-] people and one or two hundred ships of all sizes.

Some people may want to ask, how did Li Cun know so much about the Danjia thief?
The reason is very simple, that is, Li Cun fought with the Dan family thief, and almost died in the hands of the Dan family thief.

Do you still remember that time when Li Cun saved Wang Huiniang, killed many pirates with one knife, and then fell into the sea with the leader of the pirates after exhaustion?

That group of pirates were the Danjia thieves, and the leader of the pirates was Zheng Long, the head of the Danjia thieves at the time.

Later, Li Cun survived by chance, and Zheng Long was buried in the sea.

Soon after, Li Cun heard that after Zheng Long's death, Zheng Long's wife Shi Honggu, who was about to marry, succeeded Zheng Long and became the head of the Dan family thief.

The reason why Shi Honggu can become the leader of the Dan family thieves is first of all of course because the man she is about to marry is Zheng Long, the head of the Dan family thieves; Among his generation, only Zheng Long is qualified to be the head of the family, and none of the others are qualified.

The Zheng family and the Shi family discussed that the fertile water should not flow into outsiders' fields, so they jointly elected Shi Honggu to be the head of the Dan family's thieves.

After Shi Honggu took over the Dan family thief, she strictly enforced the rules of the Dan family thief.

Under the leadership of Shi Honggu, the Dan family thieves developed rapidly, and all merchant ships were frightened.

The Song Army once organized an operation to encircle and suppress the Danjia thieves. As a result, they were beaten to death by the Danjia thieves, and they never dared to move around in the southeast waters again.

That is to say, for a long time before the Huben Army took over the waters in the southeast, the overlord of the waters in the southeast was the woman sitting in Li Cun's arms. You have to pay a large amount of protection fees to the Danjia thieves.

The name "Honggu" has also become a nightmare for caravans in the past.

Even after the incident of Li Cun killing Zheng Long, the Wang family stopped running the business in person—at that time, the Wang family could only buy shares in other people's caravans.

The reason why the Wang family gave up such a big benefit for the time being, first of all, of course, was because the Wang family had made enough, and secondly, it was because they were afraid of the bandits of the Dan family, and feared that Shi Honggu would avenge her man Zheng Long.

Such a powerful woman is also the woman of the enemy, no wonder Li Cun, who has a complex of status, hugged her and was unwilling to let go.

Seeing Li Cun uttering her name, Shi Honggu was not nervous, she asked Li Cun very calmly: "The governor has seen me?"

Li Cun smiled and said: "Gu Hong is really a noble person who forgets things too much. Three years ago, you and your man..."

Having said that, Li Cun looked at Xu Xiang, and continued: "There is also Xu Dadao, who chased and killed me and my concubine all the way. Later, my concubine and I escaped from the encirclement by boat, and your man is still chasing you!" He insisted on us, claiming that he would capture my concubine and go back to be your younger sister."

Hearing this, Aunt Shi Hong couldn't help scrutinizing Li Cun's appearance.

But although Shi Honggu felt that Li Cun looked a little familiar, she couldn't recognize Li Cun at all.

Not only Shi Honggu was sizing up Li Cun, but Xu Xiang, also known as Xu Dadao, was also sizing up Li Cun.

Like Shi Honggu, Xu Dadao also felt that Li Cun was a little familiar, but he felt that he had never seen a person as dignified and imposing as Li Cun, otherwise it was impossible for him not to recognize him.

However, no matter Shi Honggu, Xu Dadao, or the other Dan family thieves in the room have the impression of what Li Cun said.

Because it seems that the former leader of the Dan family thief is gone forever.

Later, a Dan family thief who survived by chance also said that Zheng Long wanted to capture the eldest lady of the Wang family to take care of the Dan family thief's property, but was dragged into the sea by the little farmer of the Wang family.

Aunt Shi Hong's hands around Li Cun's neck suddenly became like two iron tongs tightly around Li Cun's neck, and at the same time asked sharply: "What's your concubine's name?!"

Li Cun didn't seem to feel Shi Honggu's strength that could easily break the neck of an ordinary person, and he still smiled and said, "Her name is Wang Huiniang."

Seeing Li Cunzhen say the name that she still remembers, Aunt Shi Hong's strength in her hands continued to grow, and she said in a cold voice: "You are the little farmer who pulled my man into the sea, you are not dead?!"

From Shi Honggu's murderous tone, it is not difficult to imagine that she will break Li Cun's neck in the next moment, at least that's what the Danjia thief thinks.

Xu Dadao wanted to remind Shi Honggu, don't be impulsive, Li Cun is still useful, he can't be killed, at least not yet.

But the next moment, Li Cun hugged Shi Honggu's waist seemingly inadvertently, as if he wanted Shi Honggu to sit in his arms again.

However, what was strange was that all of Shi Honggu's previous murderous aura dissipated immediately.

At the same time, Shi Honggu's cold sweat burst out all of a sudden.

As for Aunt Shi Hong's strength, which seemed to be as strong as a ton, it disappeared all at once.

Unable to help it, Shi Honggu suddenly became limp and limp, and leaned into Li Cun's arms.

This time, Shi Honggu, who was still holding Li Cun's neck with both hands, really seemed to be acting like a baby with her arms around Li Cun's neck.

Seeing that something was wrong, Xu Dadao hurriedly said, "Do it!"

The first one who was ready to attack was Annie who was on the other side of Li Cun.

But just as Annie bent down to touch the dagger she had hidden under the table in advance, a long sword was placed on Annie's snow-white neck without a sound, making Annie dare not move an inch.

Everyone looked back along the long sword, and saw Yan Zhengu who was standing behind Li Cun like a shadow before, and at some point she had drawn out the two swords at her waist, and one of them was already on Annie's neck .

The rest of Shi Honggu's guards also went to get the weapons they had hidden before, trying to kidnap Tong Shu, Xu Ji and others.

But at this moment, Liang Hongyu rushed up with a group of personal guards holding divine arm bows and long knives, and instantly controlled the scene.

At this time, Li Cuncai said to Shi Honggu in his arms with a smile on his face: "You are a woman, why bother to fight and kill like men, isn't it good to be honest and support your husband and children?"

What Li Cun said is actually a bit shameless. Shi Honggu's man, Zheng Long, was drowned in the sea by his own hands. Only a child will do.

Shi Honggu didn't point out this point, but said coldly: "Don't think you're guaranteed to win, it's still unknown who will win between you and me!"

Li Cun looked down at Aunt Shi Hong's big and soft sticking to his body, and shook his head: "You really have big breasts and no brains, I already recognized Xu Dadao at the first time, how could you fall into your stupid scheme? "

As soon as Li Cun's words fell, there was a dense and rapid cannon fire outside.

Then the sound of shouting and killing came in.

Aunt Shi Hong knew something was wrong as soon as she heard the voice.

If the Danjia thief launched an attack, there would be no explosions. This is not the Danjia thief's style of play at all.

There is no doubt that the Danjia thief must have been ambushed by Li Cun's army.

Aunt Shi Hong thought to herself: "This man is sinister and vicious, and he thinks he has intentions to calculate my innocence. If we can't stop him, our Dan family will be in trouble."

Thinking of this, Shi Honggu, who had never acted coquettishly before, gritted her teeth secretly, and then said to Li Cun with all kinds of flair: "The slave family is not here to harm the governor, but to talk to the governor about recruiting security. If the governor is willing, the slave family will lead the Dan family to submit to the governor and never betray."

Shi Honggu also knew that Li Cun would definitely not believe her nonsense.

So Shi Honggu added another bargaining chip: "My family can also submit to the governor as a concubine, so that you and my two families don't have to be suspicious of each other."

Li Cun said with a smile: "It's a deal."

After speaking, Li Cun hugged Aunt Shi Hong by the waist.

Shi Honggu was shocked: "What is the governor doing?"

Li Cun was surprised and said: "Didn't you say you want to be my concubine? Of course I will take you to the bridal chamber."

Aunt Shi Hong was no longer as calm as before, she said anxiously: "The governor, why should you be so anxious, although the slave family is of the generation of women, it is hard to follow a word, now that the slave family has agreed to commit itself to the governor as a concubine, I don't mind If you will regret it, how about the governor let the slave family come down, and the slave family and the governor have a good discussion on the matter of recruiting?"

Li Cun said as a matter of course: "Since you are my concubine, everything you have is mine. Why do you need to discuss it?"

Li Cun stunned Shi Honggu into speechless.

Thinking about it carefully, it is indeed as Li Cun said, Aunt Shi Hong belongs to Li Cun, what else can she not belong to Li Cun?
Aunt Shi Hong hurriedly said: "At this time, the governor first ordered the brothers to cease fighting. The slave family asked my elders to discuss with the governor about the matter of the slave family entering the Li family."

Li Cun said impatiently: "The truce will be handled by the generals themselves. You must know that the generals will not grant military orders abroad. As for your entry, it will not be too late to discuss it later."

While speaking, Li Cun carried Aunt Shi Hong in his arms and continued walking into the room.

Aunt Shi Hong was really scared, she begged for mercy: "The slave's family is not ready yet, no matter how anxious the governor is, it will take half an hour, I beg the governor to ask the slave's family to prepare for a few days."

Unexpectedly, Li Cun directly kicked open the door of a room, seeing that there was no one inside, Li Cun carried Shi Honggu into it without saying a word.

The moment the door was closed, Li Cun's impatient voice came from the room: "My mother said, it's safe, I always listen to my mother's words..."

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Just as Wu Lin was ambushing the Dan family thieves, General Yelu Dashi of the Northern Liao Dynasty was also preparing to ambush the Song army.

Here's the thing.

Xuanfu Division's notice of surrender had been sent out for several days, and no Liao people came to surrender, let alone the Han people in Yandi who tied their necks shoulder to shoulder and ate pots of pulp to welcome the king's teacher.

Seeing this, Tong Guan inevitably wondered, is there something wrong with He Shen's information, or is He Shen exaggerating the facts to please the public?
Tong Guancheng's mansion is deep enough, and if he didn't say it outright, others are not so polite. They are all saying that He Shen sent wrong information to the emperor and the court. If the recovery of Yanyun sixteen states does not go well, He Shen should Take primary responsibility.

He Shen felt that he was wronged. He had really found out that all the troops in Beiliao would not exceed 5 horses, and they might not even exceed 3 horses.

With such a small force, how could Beiliao not surrender?With the Jin people coming soon, how could the Han people in Yandi not welcome the king master of the Song Dynasty to rescue them?
He Shen felt that his judgment was not wrong.

But He Shen couldn't explain why the Yan people didn't come to vote at all.

Zhao Liangsi suggested: "Xuan Xiang, you can't wait any longer. The best policy of the government is no longer possible. It is better to find the best policy to recruit Yelu Chunye."

Tong Guan felt that what Zhao Liangsi said was very reasonable, so he wrote a surrender letter and planned to find someone to send it to Yeluchun.

Zhao Liangsi said: "This matter is my proposition, I should go, if Yeluchun kills me, my Song Dynasty will have a reason to send troops."

Zhao Liangsi, formerly known as Ma Zhi, was born in a large Han family in Yanjing. He was an official in Guangluqing. Because he was squeezed out by his colleagues and felt that the Liao Kingdom was hopeless, he voted for the Zhao Song Dynasty and proposed a plan to unite the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty.

Therefore, the plan to unite Jin to destroy Liao began with Zhao Liangsi.

In order to complete the plan of uniting the Jin Dynasty and destroying the Liao Dynasty, Zhao Liangsi really did his best.

Not to mention the plan to join forces with Jin to destroy Liao before personally going to the Kingdom of Jin to discuss the plan, but at this time, knowing that going to the Kingdom of Liao would be dangerous, Zhao Liangsi volunteered.

——Before this, Tong Guan had sent two waves of people to the Liao Kingdom to recruit them. As a result, without exception, they were all killed by the people of Beiliao.

Tong Guan knew that Zhao Liangsi had a bad reputation in the Liao Kingdom, and it would be easy to cause bad things if he went there.

Moreover, Tong Guan also needs Zhao Liangsi who has a special understanding of the situation in the Liao Kingdom to help him deal with the follow-up matters in recovering the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

So Tong Guan rejected Zhao Liangsi's request.

Seeing that Tong Guan refused to let him go, Zhao Liangsi recommended Ma Kuo to Tong Guan.

Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo went on an envoy to the Kingdom of Jin together, and together they played a game with the Jin people over the matter of uniting Jin to destroy Liao and recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

In Zhao Liangsi's view, Ma Kuo was brave and resourceful, and loyal to the Zhao and Song Dynasty, so he would definitely be able to persuade the Northern Liao Dynasty to agree to call the Zhao and Song Dynasty a fan.

After being defeated by Li Cun last time, Ma Kuo was also implicated and demoted several levels.

Even so, Tong Guan had a better impression of Ma Kuo, because it turned out that Ma Kuo was always right. Li Cun was indeed a serious threat to the Zhao Song Dynasty, and it was worth any price the Zhao Song Dynasty paid to destroy Li Cun.

Therefore, upon Zhao Liangsi's recommendation, Tong Guan immediately transferred Ma Kuo to be an envoy to Northern Liao.

Ma Kuo is a person who loves adventure by nature. After receiving this order, Ma Kuo immediately came to Xiongzhou, and then went to Liao Kingdom with Tong Guan's personal letter without hesitation...

After Ma Kuo left, Tong Guan was always worried—he was worried about Ma Kuo's safety, and even more worried that Zhao Ji's order would not be fulfilled.

On the seventh day, Tong Guan told Zhao Liangsi that he couldn't wait any longer, and that Ma Kuo would definitely have people from Beiliao killed too.

Zhao Liangsi also felt that Ma Kuo was in danger.

For this, Zhao Liangsi blamed himself very much. He really felt that Ma Kuo was a very good diplomatic envoy, even better than him. It was a pity that he died like this.

Fortunately-

He Shen soon found out that Ma Kuo was not dead, but was put under house arrest by the Beiliao people.

Seeing this, Tong Guan and Zhao Liangsi breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Tong Guan and Zhao Liangsi are like this, first of all, they are naturally happy that Ma Kuo is still alive; secondly, since the people in the Northern Liao Dynasty did not kill the envoys of the Song Dynasty, it means that they are afraid of the Song Dynasty and dare not give it to them. The Song Dynasty's excuse for attacking them further shows that there is hope for the Northern Liao Dynasty to claim Fan Nabiao to the Zhao and Song Dynasty.

Tong Guan felt that he had to help Ma Kuo, put some pressure on Beiliao, and make the dying Beiliao obediently submit.

So Tong Guan ordered that the Song army from the east and the west should immediately advance to the border of Song and Liao according to the plan formulated by the Xuanfu Division.

Tong Guan also strictly ordered that all troops are not allowed to cross the border to kill people or rob property, and if they encounter resistance from the Liao army, they must not love to fight and withdraw quickly.

Regarding the hundreds of thousands of Song troops assembled by the Zhao and Song Dynasties on the border of Song and Liao, Northern Liao has already made targeted deployments.

Yeluchun sent Xiao Helu, the Niulan supervisor, as the deputy commander, and Yelu Dashi as the commander of the Southwest Road. The two led more than 2000 horses to station in Xincheng.

Xincheng is the closest city in the Liao Kingdom to the Zhao and Song Dynasties - it is just north of the Baigou River.

Yelu Dashi is the eighth grandson of Yelu Abaoji, Taizu of the Liao Dynasty. He is proficient in Khitan and Chinese, and is good at riding and shooting. According to the decree, after Liao Shangjing was taken away by the Jinren, he abandoned his pen and joined the army, and asked Yelu Yanxi to be the envoy of the Liaoxing Army.

This man is both civil and military, and has the courage of a tiger. He is really a first-class hero in the world.

After Yelu Chun ascended the throne, he had great trust in Yelu Dashi, and handed over all the defenses in the southwest to Yelu Dashi.

On this day, Yelu Dashi got a report that the Song army took action and might advance to the border between the two countries.

Then, Yelu Dashi found out that there were not many vanguard troops of the Song Army, only a few thousand troops.

But this is also much more than the men and horses in Yelu Dashi's hands.

Yelu Dashi felt that facing the Song Army head-on, the more than 2000 horses in his hands were definitely not the opponents of the Song Army's vanguard.

Therefore, while Yelu Dashi led people to ambush at Langoudian where the Song army would definitely pass through the night, he sent people back to Yanjing to ask for help...

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(End of this chapter)