Song Dynasty

Chapter 205 Parting Gift ([-])

On the second day, Lu Benzhong asked Wang Shen for a boat and set off for Lin'an with Xiaotao and three concubines.

Ordinarily speaking, old man Lu made such a big commotion in Qichun that all the officers and soldiers in the army already hated him to the bone, so it would be polite not to trouble him.However, contrary to Lu Benzhong's expectation, Wang Shen came to see him off in person.

Wang Shen originally wanted to keep Lu Benzhong to work in his own screen, but it turned out to be a joke.Although I was very annoyed at the old man, but when I thought about the two or three months we had been together, I suddenly felt a little bit reluctant.Speaking of which, this was the first person he could talk to after traveling to the Song Dynasty.

The other soldiers in the army, because they were subordinate to him, couldn't talk so deeply.As for Yue Yun, maybe he won't give Wang Shen face, but he is a child after all, and he may not understand what he says.

Speaking of which, Lu Benzhong was the first person to communicate with Wang Shenping on an equal footing.Moreover, when two people talk, just say the first half sentence, the other party can understand what the next second half sentence is and what meaning it contains.

Wang Shen held Lu Benzhong's hand and sighed: "Mr. Donglai, there is always a banquet in the world. When you came to my Huangzhou, you said that you would return the court when the road was peaceful. Now is the time to break up. Take care." goodbye!"

After all, he waved his hand: "Put the things on the ship."

A group of soldiers came over carrying several boxes and sent them into the cabin.

Lu Benzhong: "What is this?"

Wang Shendao: "Mr. Donglai has always been fond of antiques. This time I beheaded Kong Yanzhou. I found a lot of good things in his treasury. They are all calligraphy, paintings, tripods and other objects. I don't like this kind of things. I don't have any interest, so I will give it to my husband. A small gift is not a respect, sir, please take a look."

After speaking, he opened the box and asked Lu Benzhong to have a look.

The so-called antiques in prosperous times, gold in troubled times.For Wang Shen, cloth and food were the most valuable of all possessions, followed by weapons and armor, and finally gold, silver and copper coins.As for things like antiques, they are worthless to him and the army, so why not send a few to Old Man Lu.

Although the old man was hateful, he couldn't kill him in front of Li Heng and Zhang Jun.That being the case, it is better to leave a personal relationship.Although this kind of poisonous person does not expect him to be able to help him in the future, if he makes trouble for himself in the court, it will be a headache.

Since you want to let him go, since you want to be human, why not make the most of it.

Wang Shen has always been a person who only cares about interests and has a firm mind.Although the old man gritted his teeth with hatred, he had a sincere and reluctance on his face.

Lu Benzhong saw that they were all good things, especially a set of porcelain produced in Junzhou, which was really as thin as paper, as bright as a mirror, and as loud as a sound. He had only seen these wares in the royal family before.

Immediately he felt joy in his heart, and couldn't help laughing and asked: "Dao Si gave me a big gift, but is he thanking me for being so drunk last night?"

It turned out that Wang Shen and Li Heng broke up at the banquet yesterday.

After the banquet, Li Heng was placed in the camp of the Chinese Army by Wang Shen.

Li Xianggong is also a person who can't stay idle, and immediately entered the state of being an envoy. He wanted to check the money and food account of the Sizhou Army, but he was regarded as an idiot by everyone.

Not reconciled, he went to talk to Lu Benzhong again, probably to ask him, who is familiar with the inside story, what to do next.

But Lu Benzhong was too drunk to wake up, and Li Heng had no choice but to go back to the tent and sulk.

Wang Shen: "Master Lu left in a hurry today, why don't you say goodbye to Xiang Li?"

Lu Benzhong: "Li Yanping talked a lot, and the old man was stopped by him and was too wordy, which delayed the trip, so he came and left without saying goodbye."

The two laughed at the same time, feeling the thrill of an equal IQ confrontation.

Yes, it would have been easy to give Li Heng some ideas and make Sizhou restless for a while.But old man Lu is such a shrewd person, he also knows that as long as he speaks more, it may not be so easy to go to Lin'an.His friendship with Li Heng is of course important, but his own life is even more important.

Jing Chu's matter has nothing to do with his penny, let Li Yanping have a headache, I, Lu Benzhong, don't do things that are not beneficial.

After laughing, the two drank a few bowls of wine each.

Lu Benzhong was drunk, and suddenly pointed at Wang Shen with sideways eyes, and said, "Daosi, I know what you are thinking. It is just to take Jianghan Ezhou into your pocket as a fund for raising the army. For you, Zhang Yong , Although Cao Cheng and the bandits have many troops, they have nothing to fear. If you are afraid, you will be afraid, and the battle will last for a long time like the suppression of Kong Yanzhou, so it will be dangerous."

This is already breaking Wang Shen's ambition.

But Wang Shen didn't care about it, and said, "How do you say?"

Lu Benzhong was leaving the Sizhou Army anyway, and the things here had nothing to do with him.He and Wang Shen are intellectually equal, and he doesn't bother to say those meandering words.Immediately, he became mad and said with a smile: "Your eyes are limited to Anlu, Hanyang and Ezhou, which is too short-term. Don't forget, the terrain of these three state capitals is flat and there is no danger to defend. If you want to Keeping this fertile land, the surrounding mountainous state capitals have to fight for the victorious land. This is why Zhang Yong and Cao Cheng came to attack Huangzhou. As long as Huangzhou is in your hands, they will not be able to survive. Ansheng. If you want to defend Jianghan in the future, apart from Anlu, Qi, and Huang, Xiangyang must be contested, and that is the ground that connects the north and the south. Without Xiangyang, there would be no Jianghan."

"However, that place is in the hands of the Jurchens. It's just that the Tartars have few people, and they have no spare power to go south to Jingchu. However, this situation cannot last long. After the Jurchens seized a part of Henan, if they want to keep Henan, There must be a large army stationed there to guard them. But they are few in number, so what to do, they must set up a state capital, recruit Han children as signing troops, and use Han to control Han. At that time, you still haven’t taken Anlu and Xiangyang. The Han people signed the army and even the main force of the Jurchen went south to Jianghan to join the battlefield, but there are many variables. At that time, the situation will not be under your control. Why not take advantage of the Jurchen who are still attacking the pass and confront the main force of the Western Army in Shaanxi. Quickly clean up Zhang Yong and Cao Cheng, and take back the six counties of Xiangyang. Only by getting Xiangyang, you Wang Daosi can be regarded as a stable rear. Yes, Sizhou is capable of fighting, and it can live in the place of the Jianghan Fourth War. How long can it last?"

"The advantage of this battle lies in quick success, and it cannot be delayed for a long time. Remember, remember!"

Hearing his words, Wang Shen was shocked.

As a time traveler, he is familiar with the future direction of history, so he naturally knows what to do next.

It is now the fourth year of Jianyan, just as Lu Benzhong said just now.After the Jurchen seized the lands of Hebei, Henan, and Shanxi, the next step was to form local governments and exercise rule.

However, the Jurchen population is too small, if they spread out all the soldiers and horses they have, even a little in one place, they will be diluted to the point where they cannot be seen immediately.In order to rule the large Central Plains region of Nuoda, Han officials had to be employed, and a puppet regime had to be supported to use Han to control Han.

By next year, the Jurchens will support Liu Yu, who surrendered to Jin, to establish the so-called Daqi regime, as their vanguard in attacking the Southern Song Dynasty and as a buffer between Song and Jin.

These are all written in the history books, and as a modern person, I naturally know it.However, Lu Benzhong, an ancient man, was able to deduce the future trend based on the current situation. This man's talent is really shocking.

Fortunately, the old man is leaving now, and after returning to court, he will be worn down into a useless person by the corrupt and corrupt officialdom of the Song Dynasty.Otherwise, if he still stays in Jingchu, people will always be worried that this old man Lu will suddenly stab him in the back!

Wang Shen cupped his hands at him, and said with a serious face: "Thank you Master Lu for teaching me, I also thought about taking Anlu as soon as possible and eradicating all the bandits. Our army just took Qichun, and the morale is high, so it's time to work hard. Our army is going back to Huangzhou after resting for a day, and then we will use all available troops to march west. Goshawks should use all their strength to fight rabbits."

The word "Master Lu" comes from the heart.

"No, no, Daosi, you want to be strong in everything. That's right, the Sizhou army is as strong as the Jurchen, invincible. With absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are useless to you. However, thieves come and go like the wind , if you want to be strong, what can you do if they don't fight you head-on?"

"Also, Daosi's thinking was wrong from the very beginning. In this battle, we should use tricks instead of force."

Wang Shen asked: "Mr. Donglai, please go on, what should we do?"

Lu Benzhong didn't answer Wang Shen's question directly: "Dao Si, Zhang Deyuan is here. I heard that he lives on an official ship some twenty miles away from Qichun. I also heard that you used to be a disciple of Prime Minister Zhang. Why? , Zhang Deyuan is here, don’t you, a disciple, go to meet him? Speaking of which, you are a first-class talent from Zhang Deyuan’s sect! Although you have joined Du Gongmei’s sect now, this relationship is broken anyway No way."

Wang Shen's heart trembled, he went to see Zhang Jun, are you kidding?I was also in a hurry at the beginning, so I pretended to be Zhang Deyuan's disciple, with the intention of using the tiger's skin as a banner, and I felt a little guilty in my heart.Naturally, he pretended not to know about Zhang Jun's coming to Qichun, and wanted to avoid seeing him.

Wang Shen: "How to say?"

Lu Benzhong said leisurely: "Building bridges and paving roads without corpses, killing people and setting fire to gold belts. The reason why the bandits are bandits is sometimes because of their own interests, and sometimes because they are forced to do so. But in the end, they all have to find a way out?"

Wang Shen: "Master Lu, what do you mean this time to use troops to suppress Anlu?"

"That's right, blindly using force, overbearing is overbearing, but not kingly." Lu Benzhong nodded: "The bandit army is divided into eight groups, each of which does not rule over each other, and there must be discord for the sake of territory, money and food, but it can be divided and disintegrated. This time To use troops against Anlu, first give the bandit army a disarm, beat them to pain, and then recruit them to calm down Jingxiang. However, I am not afraid to offend Daosi you. Although the bandit army fears you like a tiger, after all, you represent Without the imperial court, it cannot represent the official family."

(End of this chapter)