Shao Song

In early April, the rain continued.

But suddenly, various military camps around Nanyang became active. The sergeants who went to the fortress during their vacation and the officers who went to the east gate of Nanyang Fucheng to participate in the imperial "Nanyang Jiayuan" activities also hurriedly returned... the reason Quite simply, the officials in the city suddenly left the city and came to the base camp at the foot of Yushan Mountain in person, and then came out a will, requesting the entire army of the imperial camp to assemble.

With such a posture, it goes without saying that everyone knows what happened. There must be a flaw in Xiangzhou to the south. Then the officials must fulfill their promise under Fangcheng Mountain that day and prepare to personally supervise the army to fight against the rebel Fan Qiong in the rain.

Regarding this matter, the so-called imperial military divisions currently stationed in Nanyang, the accompanying capital, are naturally everyone gearing up, and all of them are eager to fight... As for the morale of this army, I don’t know, I am afraid that the young Zhao official’s Tianzong Shenwu is just like Tang. Zong Fusheng, in just a few months, he trained this Song army with complicated origins into an iron army that dared to fight, and then everyone would like to serve the officials?

And if you know it, you know, isn't this going to fight Fan Qiong?

It's one thing to fight goldsmiths, it's another thing to fight against the rebels who have been transformed by colleagues in the past. Everyone knows the bottom line, who is afraid of whom?

And once there is no fear, everyone in the army is naturally vying for the first... The so-called sergeants are thinking about capturing, and the officers are thinking about making two decisions. The generals of the army in the imperial camp are also a little anxious. Everyone wants to take this opportunity to expand their own troops and horses.

It must be known that the official eccentricity towards Po Han Wu is almost universally known. Before Huaixidin entered 30,000 people, and the Zhai Chong tribe who rescued them, they were all assigned to Han Shizhong’s imperial army. The imperial army who followed the official himself has never made a replacement.

And this time, no matter how much Han Wu was splashed, he wouldn't come over to grab someone.

Not to mention, there is also Wang De Wang Yacha who always wanted to remove the adverb of Fu Dutong from his body. The Xin brothers have always wanted to perform after the first battle of Huai Shang, and there are various leaders and generals with special reasons. Up.

"Big brother, can you go some other way?"

Tomorrow is about to go out. The imperial army Dazhai under Yushan is almost covered by rain, and somewhere in the dry army house, two people are sitting opposite each other on both sides of the case, but it is the Xin brothers. The two looked at the two Zhazi on the case, frowning and looked a little nervous, and for a while, the fourth oldest, Xin Yongzong, frowned and spoke. "What's the use of passing it directly like this?"

"It's too late, the drum will be heard right away, it's the last chance." The boss Xin Xingzong sighed. "Not to mention, how can the people in the center who are avoiding us now willing to help?"

"Yes." Xin Yongzong was the first to be disappointed when he heard this. "Just talking about this, isn't it just a word from the official family? But why should the official family give us brothers the face?"

"It's all because of me that hurts our brothers." The so-called elder brother is like a father, and the younger brother is like a child. Xin Xingzong couldn't help but look sad when he saw the younger brother's posture. "Fortunately, the officials didn't specifically reject it. We can always get round belly... if I say it, and pass it up, we won't fight if we can't win this pioneer. Now, our brothers might as well be safer."

Xin Yongzong heard that his elder brother spoke so much, and he was hesitant to speak, obviously a little unwilling, but he was fidgeting, but he still couldn't come up with any good ideas.

Correspondingly, Xin Xingzong looked sad when he saw his younger brother so upset, but he had nothing to say.

By the way, it is no wonder Xin Xingzong and Xin Yongzong have such a posture.

It must be known that the four Xin brothers, the eldest Xin Xingzong, the second Xin Qizong, the third Xin Daozong, the fourth Xin Yongzong, and a cousin Xin Yanzong, are five brothers.

The elder Xin Xingzong was the one who fought Han Shizhong for merit in the early years of Ping La. However, it was a bit too high to say that he was striving for merit, because Xin Xingzong's official position was much higher than that of Han Shizhong at that time, at most it was ignorant...actually. Afterwards, when the Liao Dynasty was attacked later, Xin Xingzong was basically on par with the teacher, and became the head of the West Route Army.

Therefore, although the Three Kingdoms riots, this man has no record for several years, and has repeatedly defeated, but this time he also sat in a position of imperial army commander based on his seniority, and could not be lower.

The second child, Xin Qizong, is now in Kansai, and the situation is unknown, but before the situation is unknown, he was also under the command of a single army commanding four to five thousand people.

Xin Daozong, the youngest brother, was the only one among the brothers who tried to transfer to civil servants. Zhao Jiu was appointed as a criminal officer of Jingzhao (Chang'an) when he was appointed to the throne in Shangqiu that day, but the road was blocked and he failed to succeed (or He said that he could not die), and went to the southeast with his eldest and fourth brothers to prepare for the trip to Yangzhou at that time.

Later, because of the pressure on the Huai River, after Li Gang sent his three brothers back, he was named by the Zhao official's house in Palgong Mountain. He was also under the command of one army, and led the soldiers to Jingdong with the two-way system of Jingdong. ；

The fourth eldest, Xin Yongzong, has basically the same trajectory as the boss. At this time, he is also under the control of one army, but his soldiers and horses are basically made by the eldest brother.

As for the cousin of the four, Xin Yanzong, it is not worth it. When Zhao Laojiu was still the General Marshal, he led his Bazhou soldiers to the Marshal's Mansion. At that time, it was the Marshal Mansion's vanguard control and began to fight. , Seems to be stronger than Xin Yongzong, but this time he stayed in the southeast and never returned. A few days ago, Duke Li had sent documents to him, and he, together with the second generals of Miao and Liu, and another commander called Wang Yi, were formed into the imperial army and became one of the chief generals of the imperial army.

In all fairness, these five brothers and five rulers are stronger than the nine prefectures of the Lin family in this special season. It is really a Tianhu card...because the nine prefectures have successively served in decades, and Xin The five controls of the brothers are at the same time.

In fact, before Palgong Mountain, there were Liu Zhang Han Xin Yuying four generals in the army saying that Liu was Liu Guangshi, Zhang was Zhang Jun, and Han was Han Shizhong. These three were all independent generals, while Xin It refers to Xin Xingzong who leads a nest of brothers.

However, the hero didn't mention the bravery back then, just said that the current good fortune makes people, Xin Xingzong, who is good at welcoming the service, would never have thought that he would be robbed of the holy family by Po Han Wu... This is simply the world!

It's really a question of splashing Han Wu.

Not to mention the Xin brothers themselves, even the horse feeders in the imperial camp know that their brothers ended up in this situation, basically because of Han Shizhong.

Regardless of the fact that the official family and Li Gang and Li Xianggong deliberately separated the brothers out of well-known psychology, the two major blows suffered by the Xin brothers were actually at the foot of Palgong Mountain. One of them was that he failed to participate in the Huaibei battle, and thus became a representative of the second-rate troops in the imperial camp; the other was that during the reorganization, Xin Xingzong, who was extremely qualified, stopped in the position of the commanding officer, and everyone was stunned.

However, the planner of the Huaibei First War was Han Shizhong himself, and he did not know whether he was intentional or unintentional. Anyway, he did not presume these brothers in the officialdom. As for the actions of the official reorganization, it seems to be for Han Shizhong. Face... No way. At that time, they were going westward. They were Yuying Zuojun and Yuying Zhongjun. According to the traditions of the Song Dynasty army, the two sides were in conflict with each other. That would really allow Xin Xingzong to take the lead and splash Han Wu at that time. Domineering, I'm afraid I can secretly draw a knife as soon as I turn around!

It is said that the officials are biased against Han Wu privately. The civil servants said that Zhang Jun also said that, for example, Wang Dewang Yacha, he would be nonsense when he drank alcohol. If the officials were not partial to Han Shizhong, what would happen to him now... However, the civil servants Feeling partiality is a dispute between civil and military affairs; Zhang Jun and Zhang Boying feel that partiality is simply a struggle between victors; it is Wang De, do you think he dare to talk about'partialism' in front of officials? It seems that Wang Yacha is not the highest-ranked one in the imperial camp now.

In fact, the biggest victim caused by the official's prejudice against Han Wu is not someone else, it is the Xin brothers, but compared with Zhang Jun and Wang De, the Xin brothers do not even have the ability to complain...

"defense!"

Just as the Xin brothers were frowning and waiting for the drums to be heard from the Chinese army, suddenly, someone outside the army house made a sound. "Is Daxin's defense there?"

The so-called defense means defensive envoy.

A few days ago, several comrades in the companionship organized the various appointments in the official department, and applied a rough patch to the various messy dispatches referred to by Zhao Guanjia... For example, Zhang Suo's two-way system. , Zhao Guan’s family was so confused that they did not mention the cabinet position when they were appointed to others. However, this time, under the suggestion of the official department, they jumped from Longtuge to a bachelor’s degree in one go.

There are also Ma Shen, Liu Hongdao and others who have also made up for various treatments. Li Gang even specially added Jidu Envoys, which became the strange existence of common and common envoys.

Correspondingly, the control of the various ministries here in the imperial camp was unified and organized into the post of defensive envoy on the Jilu officer.

As for Wang De's recent muttering, the delusion that he will be the guardian of Nanyang Four Walls with this military exploits, that is another matter.

Going back to the front, according to the name of this year, the Xin brothers of the imperial army were naturally defended by Daxin and Xiaoxin... But I don't know if one day the five brothers gather, how should they be called?

Three Ways First in the World? Four eternal unparalleled?

"It's Hu Hongxiu." Xin Yongzong was excited for a while when he heard his voice. "He is a rare scholar in the military, he is also an idea, he is a man with hands and eyes, let's listen to him."

The eldest brother Xin Xingzong shook his head repeatedly when he heard the words, but he didn't agree: "This person has ideas, but he has very good ideas, and if we leave these days, our brother is in a situation now, I am afraid that there is no way for this person to give an idea."

But having said that, they have already gone outside the military house, and Jingkang has left. Fan Qiong has been a serious scholar who has been bumping with their brothers for more than a year, and he is also a person with "hands and eyes through the sky", but the Xin brothers are now lonely. How can you neglect?

As a result, the two brothers unexpectedly came out together and introduced Hu Hongxiu, "Bao Yilang", into the house... Bao Yilang is exactly the same as the official body Niu Gao just obtained from Luoyang General Da Cui a few days ago. It is the Great Song Dynasty. The fiftieth rank of the fifty-third rank of military attache's rank was about twenty levels behind Yue Fei's Wujie doctor.

Historically, Niu Gao was Yue Fei's deputy commander, and Hu Hongxiu was Yue Fei's chief of staff and a general of Yue's army.

Besides, Hu Hongxiu is in his twenties this year. He has a pale face, a long body, a full sky, and a slender nose. If it weren't for a scar on the sideburns, and a cowhide belt, he is simply a template for the good old man outside the Donghuamen...In fact, this person was born. Taixue, Jingkang only abandoned his pen to join the Rong, and then under Fan Qiong’s command, was responsible for the defense of the city wall. Later, when Fan Qiong defected, he abandoned Fan Qiong and followed Xin Daozong, who was looking for the Grand Marshal’s mansion from Hedong to Nanjing (Shangqiu) at that time. Brother Xin Yongzong, so here.

When this person entered the door, he also sat down at will. He just looked at the Zhazi on the shore for a while, and then listened to Xin Yongzong eagerly talking beside him, then twisted the rain on his sleeves and shook his head and laughed:

"The two are really different from each other, because they want a fish..."

When the Xin brothers heard that, whether it was the very expectant fourth, or the boss who was already a little disappointed, but still faintly expecting, they all fell down.

However, Hu Hongxiu turned a deaf ear to the expressions of the two of them. He wrung out the two sleeves and re-wrapped the belt. He was calm and relaxed, and continued to speak slowly:

"According to the next official, the two defenses made two big mistakes this time. One is the big defense. You don't know how to advance or retreat..."

After hearing the last two words, Xin Yongzong instinctively wanted to refute it, but Xin Xingzong himself moved in his heart and directly pressed his brother.

"Taipei Han builds the festival and takes over the military in Huaixi, and wherever there are rewards and honors issued in Nanyang Mansion, it must be the leader of the military commander; Taiwei Han must be the head of the military commander; Taiwei Han must be added to the ministers; to the courtiers. Yes, no matter how far away, there must be a copy of Taiwei Han... not only that, I heard people say that since the official gave out the jade belt, for half a year, even if Nanyang and Southeast have paid tribute, they have never been in public again. I have tied the jade belt, even the last Fang Chengshan dynasty, it was just a golden belt..."

At this point, Hu Hongxiu, who was sitting on the horse, smiled slightly, and then looked at Xin Xingzong, who was already pale: "Dare to ask defense, such grace and reuse, can your brothers easily shake it? And rely on defense and re-use. Taiwei Han’s grievances, how can you get ahead when he is there?"

"Then what should I do?" In a daze, Xin Xingzong almost blurted out.

"How can it be?" Hu Hongxiu laughed for a while. "Defensive, forgive me for the official bluntness, if you don’t want to drop the golden man, don’t want to end like Fan Qiong, but still miss the big Song Wenhua and wealthy...Of course, I’m afraid this is the case... but only There is one way, that is to take the initiative to retreat. Once you retreat, the rest of the Xin Clan's control suddenly becomes clear and can move forward."

Xiao Xin's defense heard this, and he became furious, but Xin Xingzong himself sighed: "Actually, I have thought of this level a long time ago, but no one has sorted it out with me, thanks to Mr. Hu for reminding."

"It’s okay. If you want to go down and say, just by this time, the seven corps of the imperial battalion, plus the imperial squad straight, there are a total of eight, and everyone wants to be a pioneer, but Nanyang must have one to stay here. Everyone can't avoid it. Why don't you talk to the officials in front of you for defense, just say that the old wounds are hard in the rain, please stay behind, and ask to guard in Wuguan after the war..."

"I understand what Master Hu meant," Xin Xingzong was instantly excited. "I will do this, and then the fourth child will go to be the vanguard, and I will be the top spot in all likelihood!"

The fourth youngest, Xin Yongzong, was also happy, but immediately got up and poured a bowl of **** soup for Hu Hongxiu himself.

Hu Hongxiu was not hypocritical. He took a bowl and drank it, wiped his mouth, and continued to shake his head and laughed: "This is one of the two big mistakes that the official said just now. It's also one of the two big mistakes that the official said just now. It’s the root cause of your position... In this battle, if you want to seek exploits, where can you fight for the vanguard? To be a vanguard is destined to be a different story.

Before the eldest brother could speak, the fourth oldest, Xin Yongzong, took a horse and sat next to Hu Hongxiu, learning the power of handshaking that has been popular in Nanyang recently, and holding the hands of others to inquire earnestly:

"Brother Hu, for the sake of our wandering together for a year, and show our brothers a clear path!"

"I was going to say it." Hu Hongxiu calmly withdrew his hand. "Small defense, let me ask you if you have won the vanguard, where do you want to fight?"

"Naturally follow the Baihe River (Luoshui) all the way south, breaking through Dengcheng and taking Xiangyang!"

"Deng Cheng is so broken?" Hu Hongxiu asked seriously. "Fangyang is so easy to take?"

"It won't be too difficult?" Xiaoxin's defense was obviously puzzled. "Then Fan Qiong still has a way out today?"

"It will take some time." Xin Xingzong, the boss next to him, is more experienced in the end. "The official decrees did not forgive the soldiers and horses who had been surrendered to gold, and Fan Qiong took the opportunity to pile the soldiers and horses of the surrendered gold to Dengcheng, north of Han River, and gathered his own troops and horses to Xiangyang. In other words, Deng The soldiers and horses of the city have never been pardoned, and this kind of military force will probably resist for a few days. After seeing the blood, it will disperse, and it can always delay a period of time. As for Xiangyang..."

"What about Xiangyang?" Xin Yongzong was still puzzled.

"Isn't it raining?" Xin Xingzong sighed. "If you want to break through Xiangyang, you must first break through the city of Deng and then cross the Han River. But how difficult is it to cross the river on rainy days? Not to mention that the water must have risen by the time you cross the river, and Fan Qiong, asshole, also guarded the ferry of Tokyo City... It must be his sharpest and most reliable one."

Hearing this, Xin Yongzong looked at Hu Hongxiu again.

And Hu Hongxiu did not cover up, but directly offered advice: "Xiao Xin's defense can ask himself as a partial division, go to the upper reaches of Niu Shou Town, attack the monk Zongyin, then cross the river from there, and then rush down Xiangyang city from the south bank!"

The Xin brothers glanced at each other. Among them, the fourth oldest, Xin Yongzong, was obviously asking for help because he did not understand the benefits of this plan. Xin Xingzong was silent for a while and said awkwardly: "Xiao Hu, I must not understand the key to this strategy. ......Although Niushou Town has few soldiers, the monk Zongyin who led the troops there has never been pardoned, let alone the solitary army crossing the river and attacking the famous city of Xiangyang, which has garrisoned the army. My brother has control over one thousand and five hundred people. , If one is not good, won't the whole army be wiped out?"

Hu Hongxiu was extremely helpless and could only give a brief explanation: "Two defenses, I will ask you two more questions. Monk Zong Yin has not been pardoned, but has he paid a gold and was expressly not allowed to pardon? And at this time the rain is so rushing. The officials have to move troops at this time. Is the official frustrated or mad, or are the many soldiers and generals beside the official bewildered?"

"You mean..." Xin Xingzong was silent for a while, and then spoke with difficulty. "Monk Zongyin must be a slapstick waste. We can lie to him, allow him to die, and lure him to come and surrender. But in the city of Xiangyang, there must be a big change?"

"Otherwise?" Hu Hongxiu saw that Da Xin had clearly figured it out but hesitated, but Xiao Xin was still ignorant and extremely disappointed, so he could not help coldly confronting him.

However, what a character Xin Xingzong is, this is a general of the Western Army who rose from Tong Guan's side. It's hard to say anything else. At the very least, he is a first-class person. Seeing Hu Hongxiu's face deteriorated, he also sighed:

"Master Hu, I must know what you mean and what you said is excellent, but our brother is not dead, but he is still in danger... Let me ask you two questions, and then make a decision, how about?"

"Defensive, please speak." Although Hu Hongxiu was puzzled, he was still magnanimous.

"The first one, Mr. Hu, you have been in our brother's account for a year. Everyone knows that you regard the Jingkang incident as a life-long shame and dare not forget it. However, if you want to do something, you must have a seat first." Xin Xingzong Pace with one hand in the military house and sigh. "And you are a student from the Imperial College, you have a wide range of friendships, and have experience in the military battlefield. Your father-in-law Wang Shuzhan is Taichang Temple Qing, and your wife, brother and close friend Wang Ruohai was recently selected as the official's close attendant. Your wife and elder sister became the daughter-in-law of the emperor Zhao Shi?, the emperor had a reputation in Nanjing that day...In other words, if you want a seat, you can always jump up, but in the previous few months, You came back with us from the southeast, seeing so many people around you rising, why are you who want to do something, but you don’t move?"

Hu Hongxiu suddenly laughed again: "Defensively asks another question. I must want to ask. I didn’t move before, why did I suddenly learn from the frog today, jumping out with the rain? And there is a shortage of people everywhere, so why don’t I? Going to find your own Mount Tai, instead of looking for two fallen generals in the army?"

"Exactly!"

"Then I will speak bluntly." Hu Hongxiu sighed. "I and Chen Dong are very close friends. Even though I heard that the officials banished Huang Qianshan and gave Chen Dongping a reputation in the southeast, I always had a heartfelt resentment. I hated Wang Boyan for not denigrating him, and I wondered whether the officials would really change. It looks like...how can I ask for an official if I can't get through the knot in my heart?"

"That's it." Xin Xingzong suddenly realized. "Yes, you are all influential figures in the Jingkang Zhongtai Academy. How can you not know each other? I never thought of it."

"Do you want to think about it, people can hardly come back to life." Hu Hongxiu sighed. "Moreover, these days, from Palgong Mountain to Caizhou to Nanyang, although I still have a sorrow for Wang Boyan, seeing that the center is somewhat refreshed, the officials seem to be really doing things, not a lie. To deal with it, when I was in Nanjing that day, I coaxed me to wait. Although I was worried, I couldn't help but want to try it out."

"Who isn't this way? After a trip to the Southeast, the official home is like a different person, and everyone is suspicious..." Xin Xingzong also understood quite well.

"As for now I have a little thought, but why are you looking for two people~www.wuxiaspot.com~ instead of my side of Mount Tai, I have nothing to hide..." Hu Hongxiu smiled bitterly. "For one thing, my wife and brother Wang Ruohai must also be a good friend of the past, and also partners such as Chen Dong and Ouyang Che, but they have jumped up and down in the past few months. In order to beg for an official to welcome you all, even Wang Boyan has followed the path of Wang Boyan. I feel disgusted over there!"

"..."

"Second, it was naturally that Fan Qiong had something to do with me in Tokyo. I wanted to kill him that day, but because of powerlessness and cowardice at the time, he could only cry out of the city with the text explaining the city defense. Let's go, this is one of the great hatreds of my life!"

"We met that day." Xin Yongzong couldn't help but interject.

But Hu Hong stopped talking here, obviously thinking of the past in Tokyo, but he didn't pay attention to the "Six Xin" at all. He just hated it and was overwhelmed. After a long pause, he calmed down, then sat there and continued to speak awe-inspiringly. Road:

"Three rules, since Jingkang, after personally experiencing the siege, I have determined that if you want to calm the world, you must put soldiers and horses first! And if there is a chance to rejuvenate the two rivers, welcome the two holy, Yixue Before the shame, I, Hu Hong Xiuning, as a centurion, win a house! The district official position, as well as the division of civil and military affairs, is a fart in the face of millions of people in Lianghe?

Xin Xingzong stared at the cowhide belt on the opponent's cuff for a long time and remained silent for a long time. He actually ignored the identity gap and leaned over to say, "If this is the case, I will entrust the younger brother to Master Hu now!"

After all, Hu Hongxiu knew the identity gap and quickly avoided it... However, as soon as he got up, the sound of drums came from afar through the rain, but they were shocked to each other's solemnly.

Undoubtedly, this is the Zhao official's family who made people ‘suspect’ at the Central Army’s drumming and gathering.