Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

"Master Zhao, where are we going now?" Yang Shi asked.

"It seems impossible for us to enter the barracks! Mr. Yang, who do you think this General Yue is?" Zhao Ding said.

"I don't know! I haven't heard that there is a general named Yue in Hanzhong!" Yang Shi shook his head and said.

"As far as I know, Emperor Xuanwu has a bodyguard named Yue Mingfei! Outside Xiangzhou City that day, Emperor Jianyan mishandled it. It was this Yue Fei who took Emperor Xuanwu to Tongguan! Later, he could be in power, and he was tyrannical and overbearing. All the people by the side rushed to the foreign enemies, and this Yue Fei was appointed as the envoy of the Henan Recruitment Department! I think this General Yue is that Yue Fei!" Zhao Ding said.

"Ah! How could this Yue Fei return to Hanzhong? Isn't he in Henan?" Yang Shi said in disbelief.

"This incident is very strange! I thought it was the Jingyuan army who entered the customs in a big way, and they could be killed, but now it seems that this may not be the case! The little emperor's confidant actually served as the chief general of the imperial army, and the little emperor stayed here After a few days, I saw that those soldiers were all loyal to the little emperor, and I don’t know if it’s just the guards or other soldiers who are like this! This matter is really weird. Could it be that the little emperor has already controlled This army? How is this possible? How is it possible?" Zhao Ding said, frowning.

"This matter is absolutely impossible! Master Zhao really overthinks it! That little emperor is extremely stupid, and he will be the life of a puppet all his life. He will never be able to control the army! I think this General Yue must be a general in the Jingyuan Army , it will never be Yue Fei!" Yang Shi said disdainfully.

"I hope so!" Zhao Ding said, still frowning.

"It's getting late today, let's rest here for one night, and then continue south to Sichuan and Shu, to see if Qu Duan is commanding the army to recover Sichuan and Shu!" Yang Shi said.

"Okay!" Zhao Ding nodded in agreement!

That night Yang Shi and Zhao Ding rested in an inn in Nanzheng, and they headed towards the Shu road early the next morning!

The two of them headed south all the way, and the south was actually peaceful without any signs of war. The two were more and more surprised!

When they came to the entrance of the Shu Road, they knew that the 30,000 Zhe family troops stationed here had surrendered to the Jingyuan Army, and the commander of the Jingyuan Army was Liu Kai!

"Liu Kai, this person is Qu Duan's right-hand man! If Liu Kai is here, Qu Duan must be here too!" Yang Shi secretly said.

"It seems that the Jingyuan army has indeed entered Sichuan! I was too worried before!" Zhao Ding heaved a sigh of relief.

"Lord Zhao is afraid that the little emperor will personally control the army?" Yang Shi said.

"Of course! I hope Hanzhong, Sichuan and Shu are still the same as before, and the power officials are still in power, and the people's hearts are unstable. This is the most beneficial for Emperor Jianyan! If the little emperor can quickly arrange his cronies to control the army after the chaos, it can only prove that One thing!" Zhao Ding said.

"What is it?" Yang Shi asked.

"It proves that the little emperor was always pretending. He is deceiving, and he is deceiving the people of the world! He is not a fool at all, he has been forbearing, and has been waiting for the opportunity! If that is the case, it will be terrible!" Thinking of this, Zhao Ding suddenly felt a little cold in his body!

"This...he is a young man. He was only ten years old when he left Kaifeng. How could he have such scheming? Mr. Zhao is really worrying!" Yang Shi said.

"No! I may not be worrying unfoundedly! The little emperor said that Qu Duan had never entered Hanzhong. It is very likely to be true! It is very likely that some generals of the Jingyuan Army have defected to the little emperor for the sake of greater power! The little emperor used this Some of the generals of the Jingyuan Army killed Zhe Keqiu and his son, and then let their cronies take over the Zhe Family Army! No, no, it won’t be like this... I hope I’m just thinking about it..." Zhao Ding muttered to himself road.

"Master Zhao, don't think too much, let's go to the Jingyuan Army and ask, will we know?" Yang Shi said.

Zhao Ding nodded and said, "Okay!"

The two of them asked where the Jingyuan Army was stationed. When they arrived here, they saw that the soldiers of the Jingyuan Army were well-groomed and their morale was high. They were indeed very different from the Zhejia Army. They were both admiring and wary!

After the two explained their intentions, they actually met Liu Kai!

"General Liu, I have admired your name for a long time!" In the camp, Yang Shi and Zhao Ding sat down, Yang Shi said.

Yang Shi's attitude towards Liu Qi is completely different from his attitude towards Qu Duan at the beginning. He dismissed Qu Duan at the beginning, but it is not the case with Liu Qi at all! The reason is simple. Liu Kai also came from a family of soldiers. Liu Kai's father, Liu Zhongwu, once served as the envoy of the Baojing Army and the Jiedu Envoy of the Luchuan Army. Liu Kai was an aristocrat in the army. ! Although Qu Duan has a high status, he is from a commoner background. In Yang Shi's eyes, he is extremely humble, so he looks down on Qu Duan!

"I have admired Mr. Yang's name for a long time! Mr. Zhao is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials in the south of the Yangtze River, and I have often heard of it!" Liu Kai smiled.

"General Liu, where is General Qu?" Zhao Ding asked.

"General Qu? He is naturally in Jingyuan now!" Liu Kai said.

"So, General Liu came to Hanzhong with General Qu on his back?" Zhao Ding asked directly.

Liu Kai smiled, and did not answer directly, but said: "I have received His Majesty's imperial decree, so I came to Hanzhong Qingjun's side!"

Zhao Ding's heart sank immediately! He felt that his guess was correct! Zhao Chen, the "faint lord", was really forbearing and pretending before. He made everyone in the world believe that he was a "faint lord". You can ask for a discount! After Zhe Keqiu was killed, the so-called "faint lord" immediately arranged for his cronies to control the Zhejia army to check and balance the Jingyuan army!

"What a scheming! Is this the true face of Emperor Xuanwu? If Emperor Xuanwu is really like this, Emperor Jianyan may be in danger! Everyone in the south of the Yangtze River has no precautions against Emperor Xuanwu, and treats him as a fool. , including me, Zhao Ding, have been deceived! No, I have to return to Jiangnan immediately and tell Emperor Jianyan about this!" Zhao Ding actually had an anxious expression on his face!

Yang Shi felt that Liu Kai had an extraordinary demeanor, and he had the demeanor of a "Confucian general". He secretly praised him, thinking that Liu Kai was worthy of being a nobleman in the army, far better than that humble guy from Qu Duan! Yang Shi still wanted to stay here for a while, but not long after, Zhao Ding got up to leave, Yang Shi had no choice but to leave with Zhao Ding!

"We can stay in the Jingyuan Army for a while longer and find out more about the news of the Jingyuan Army!" Yang Shi said a little dissatisfied when he came outside.

"There is no need to inquire anymore! The number of Jingyuan troops entering Hanzhong will not exceed 50,000! Qu Duan, as the Jiedu envoy and Jinglue envoy of the Jingyuan army, has been operating on Jingyuan Road for more than ten years. Even if his generals betray It is impossible for him to take all the troops away! On the contrary, Emperor Xuanwu is too terrifying! He is only twelve years old, and he was only ten years old when he left Kaifeng. He has such scheming and methods! Thinking about it makes me feel chills in my heart! We must hurry back to Jiangnan and let Emperor Jianyan beware of Emperor Xuanwu!" Zhao Ding said.

"That's right, this stupid gentleman is really despicable to the extreme!" Yang Shi thought for a while, and felt that Zhao Ding's guess might be correct, so he said angrily.

"However, I really want to know how Emperor Xuanwu won Sichuan and Shu! There are still Zhe Yanzhi and the 60,000 Zhe family army in Sichuan and Shu. I don't know how the situation in Sichuan and Shu is now?" Zhao Ding said.

"Of course we'll know when we go!" Yang Shi said.

Zhao Ding nodded!

*** ***

The two of them headed south along the Shu road with their entourage, and came all the way to Jianmen Pass!

Jianmen Pass, the first pass in the southwest!

Here guards the main road to Shu, and it has been a battleground for military strategists from ancient times to the present!

Li Bai has a poem that says "One man guards the gate, and ten thousand men cannot open it", which refers to this Jianmen gate!

Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, I don’t know how many wars happened here, how many generals led the army into Shuchuan from here, and how many generals resisted foreign enemies here to guard Shuchuan!

However, after Yang Shi and Zhao Ding came here, they didn't feel emotional, they were just carefully observing the situation at Jianmen Pass!

From their point of view, Jianmen Pass is very different from before they came. The soldiers here were very lazy when they came, but now the soldiers here are extremely vigilant! The clothes of these soldiers are also different from before. They used to be dressed in the standard Zhejia Army, but now they seem to be dressed in the Navy Army! Wu Jie and Wu Lin trained soldiers in Yuzhou mainly to guard the Yangtze River, so the soldiers under them were all sailors, and they were dressed like this at the moment!

"Who is down there?" Jianmenguan gate was closed, and a general shouted loudly from above.

"We are the envoys sent by Emperor Jianyan to celebrate Emperor Xuanwu's wedding! Now we are leaving Hanzhong, headed for Jiangnan, passing Jianmen Pass, please open the gate and let us pass!" said one of Yang Shi's followers.

The generals above were obviously taken aback. At the moment, the generals are leading the way to let people open the city gates. After checking the identities of these people, they are allowed to pass!

"I don't know the name of General Gao?" Zhao Ding asked as he walked forward.

"My name is Wang Song!" The general, who looked to be in his thirties and was a little short and fat, said calmly at this moment.

"General Wang, where is General Orihikozhi? We visited General Orihikozhi before we came, and now we want to meet him again!" Zhao Ding said.

There was a half-smile expression on Wang Song's face, he shook his head and said, "If you want to see him, I'm afraid you can't do it!"

Zhao Ding said: "Why not?"

Wang Song laughed loudly and said, "He has already gone underground. If you want to see him, you have to go underground. Are you willing?"

Zhao Ding was taken aback, and said: "Underground? The general is saying that he is... dead?"

Wang Song sneered, and said, "That's right, he's been dead for many days! If you want to see him, you have to hurry up. If it's too late, he might be reincarnated!"

Yang Shi was furious and said, "What did you say?"

Zhao Ding hurriedly grabbed Yang Shi, he handed out a piece of silver, and said: "General Tongrong, the road to Shu is difficult, we are already extremely tired all the way here, and we want to rest at Jianmen Pass for a night, is it possible? "

Wang Song frowned, and he glanced at Yang Shi, Zhao Ding and the others again. In his opinion, these two were civil servants, and they only had a dozen or so entourages, while Jianmenguan now has more than five thousand The army exists, and he is not afraid that these people will pose any threat to Jianmenguan! At that moment Wang Song nodded, took the silver over without any hesitation, and said: "It's easy to say, easy to say, I'll arrange a place for you to live in right now!"

Yang Shi, Zhao Ding and others were locked at Jianmen, Yang Shi did not go out in the house, and Zhao Ding was looking around for news!

In the middle of the night, Zhao Ding returned to the room. He hadn't had a meal until now, and he was very hungry. He first took a bowl of rice and ate it, and when his stomach felt better, he said: "Mr. Yang, Jianmen The pass has been occupied by Wu Jie!"

Yang Shi was taken aback, and said, "Wu Jie? Is that the Yangtze River Defense Envoy Wu Jie?"

Zhao Ding nodded, and said, "That's right! It's Wu Jie! And not just Jianmen Pass, I'm afraid the entire Shuchuan is occupied by Wu Jie!"

A shocked expression appeared on Yang Shi's face, and he said, "Who is this person? We didn't know about this person before. He only has 10,000 to 20,000 soldiers under him. How could he occupy the entire Shuchuan?"

Zhao Dingdao: "I got the news that Wu Jie started to act before Emperor Xuanwu's wedding. He plotted against Zhe Yanzhi on the road of Shu, and then he used Zhe Yanzhi to open Jianmen Pass and occupy Jianmen Pass! After that, He left thousands of people to guard Jianmen Pass, and he himself took Zhe Yanzhi to Chengdu Mansion, probably to deal with the 60,000 Zhe Family Army of Chengdu Mansion! If nothing else, Chengdu Mansion has already been taken by him Zhe Yanzhi is the son of Zhe Keqiu, but he is brave and incompetent. He may not be the opponent of this Wu Jie! We have rarely heard of this Wu Jie, and he seems to be the little emperor! The little emperor is so scheming!"

Zhao Ding was also shocked, he really paid little attention to Wu Jie! Although Wu Jie had defeated the Jurchen, he could have taken the credit for Wu Jie's contribution. Except for a small number of people in the Jingyuan Army who knew the truth, few people in the world would have noticed Wu Jie! As for Jiangnan, they know very little about Hanzhong, Sichuan and Shu, let alone the details of Wu Jie! At this moment, Yang Shi and Zhao Ding were not shocked when they heard that this unknown general had actually taken down Zhe Yanzhi!

After the two of them shut down at Jianmen for one night, they immediately headed towards Chengdu Mansion! When they arrived in Chengdu, they got the confirmed news that Zhe Yanzhi and Cao Rong were all killed by Wu Jie! As for the 60,000-fold family army, it has indeed been incorporated by Wu Jie! It's just the specific method of inclusion, the two of them can't figure it out! They only know that Sichuan has changed! Moreover, Wu Jie had just killed Zhe Yanzhi and Cao Rong, and immediately took out the imperial edict of Emperor Xuanwu. In the imperial edict, Zhao Chen ordered Wu Jie and Wu Lin to side with the king, and declared that Zhe Keqiu was a crime of treason and injustice! It happened to be the day of Zhao Chen's wedding!

"It seems that everything was arranged by the little emperor, there is no doubt about it! We should return to Jiangnan immediately! Tell Emperor Jianyan all this!" Zhao Ding secretly said.

At this time, Zhao Ding finally regarded Zhao Chen as Zhao Gou's great enemy, and would never treat Zhao Chen as a "faint lord" again! He was secretly anxious, Zhao Chen was originally the rightful crown prince ascending the throne, holding the Jade Seal of the Kingdom in his hand, and was considered by the world to be the real emperor! Now that Zhao Chen has such means, and Zhao Chen has occupied the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Zhao Gou may not be Zhao Chen's opponent!

"National affairs are worrying!" He felt a little worried!

*** ***

It's the fifth day of the sixth lunar month, the hottest time of the year!

In Jingyuan City in the northwest, the sandstorm that had been raging for several days finally stopped! The sky is blue, the sun is red, and the whole body is sweating on the empty road!

Qu Duan has just entered the house from the outside. His inner strength is profound, and the cold and heat do not invade, but for some reason, he has been feeling hot and dry these days! At that moment, he had someone fetch a basin of cold water and pour the cold water from the top of his head, which made him feel much more comfortable!

"Is there still no news about Wang Shu, Zhao Zhe, and Liu Kai?" Qu Duan asked after wiping the water from his head and face.

"There is no news about the three generals! I only know that they led the army to the east, and it seems that they went all the way to Dasan Pass!" said a deputy general below.

"Damn it!" Qu Duan cursed fiercely.

At this time, a young man in brocade clothes walked into the room. This young man was eight points similar to Qu Duan in length, but he looked much weaker than Qu Duan, and his appearance seemed a bit wretched! Seeing Qu Duan in the room, the young man was startled, he was about to turn around and leave, but Qu Duan shouted from behind: "Stop!"

The young man stopped in dismay, and said, "What's the matter, father?"

It turns out that this young son is Qu Xiuwen, the son of Qu Duan, who is also a well-known playboy in Northwest China! Back then, Zhe Keqiu wanted to marry Zhe Yueru to this young master in order to win over Qu Duan!

"Huh! You don't do business every day. I heard that you harmed a girl with yellow flowers a few days ago! That girl threw herself into a well, and her parents took her body to the Jingyuan yamen. It took a lot of effort to suppress this matter! You are so damned!" Qu Duan scolded.

"This..." Qu Xiuwen opened his mouth, and finally lowered his head and did not speak.

"When I was your age, I already served in the army, fighting and assassinating Xixia people! Look at what you do every day? From now on, you will stay in the mansion obediently and never go out again! " Qu Duan said.

"Father, wouldn't it be suffocating to death if you stay here?" Qu Xiuwen yelled.

"General, I think it's better to let the little general enter the army and train in the army for a while, maybe his temperament will improve!" the deputy general said.

"Okay, go to the army tomorrow and train with those soldiers!" Qu Duan frowned and said.

"Father, your old man gave me the name Xiuwen. I was born to study, how could I enter the army and stay with those lowly sergeants?" Qu Xiuwen dissatisfied.

"What lowly sergeant? Are you insulting your father? Your father, I was an ordinary sergeant back then! A rotten scholar like Yang Shi looked down on me, and you kid also looked down on me! See how I beat you!" Qu Duan was furious, and stepped forward to shoot his son to the ground!

The lieutenant over there hastily pulled Qu Duan, but Qu Duan was still out of breath!

"Father will only vent his anger on me! I heard that Wang Shu, Zhao Zhe, and Liu Qi have already taken away half of my father's army and defected to the faint king of Hanzhong. Why didn't my father go to the three of them to settle accounts? To settle accounts with the Hunjun?" Qu Xiuwen pouted.

"I won't kill you today, I'm your son!" Qu Duan was furious, pushed the lieutenant away, grabbed Qu Xiuwen's collar, and slapped him down!

Immediately, Qu Xiuwen's cheeks swelled up, and Qu Xiuwen burst into tears. Seeing his son's appearance, Qu Duan sighed, waved his hand, and said, "Hurry up, don't let me see you again these few days!"

Qu Xiuwen was extremely terrified in his heart, he hurriedly left the room, and the deputy also left the room!

"Wang Shu, Zhao Zhe, Liu Kai, did the three of you really betray me? How could this be possible! How could this be possible!" Qu Duan muttered to himself while looking at the scorching sun outside the house!

He had a very bad feeling in his heart...