Tibet

Zheng Ju was a Sima of the Jingxiang Army and a native of Chengji County, Qinzhou. He served as the deputy commander of the Helong Intelligence Agency. He was sent to Xiangyang by Li Ye last year. However, Ji Guangchen suspected that he was an informant sent by Li Ye to monitor him, so that Zheng Ju Ju was not reused by Ji Guangchen.

But after Lei Wanchun arrived, Zheng Ju became his most trusted right-hand man.

In the tent, Zheng Ju pondered and said: "Liang Chongyi is not loyal to the imperial court. Everyone knows that he has great ambitions and wants to imitate the three towns in Hebei. This time he captured Xiangyang. I think he also wanted to separate one side into a vassal town. In fact, This is not necessarily a bad thing for His Highness King Qi. I suggest the general leave him alone and we must implement His Highness’s next plan as soon as possible.”

"What layout is Zheng Sima referring to?"

"Choose a place for the four battles. You can enter Jiangnan and Jianghuai in the east, Bashu in the west, Dongting in the south, and Xiangwan in the north. Especially to connect with Bashu, the next step for His Highness must be to attack Li Lin."

Lei Wanchun pondered for a moment and said, "Zheng Sima is referring to Jingzhou?"

In fact, it’s not just Jingzhou. You can go to Bashu in the west, which refers to Xiazhou and Guizhou, you can go to Dongting in the south, which refers to Yuezhou, you can go to Jiangnan and Jianghuai in the east, which refers to Ezhou and Mianzhou, and you can go to Xiangwan in the north. Jingzhou, General Lei's occupation of these six states has laid the foundation for His Highness's future development. "

Lei Wanchun was deeply convinced by Zheng Ju's words, and he had received authorization from Li Ye in advance. In critical moments, he could make decisions that suited him.

Of course, there is another factor. The 30,000 troops surrendered by Bashu are not actually Bashu people. Most of them are Taoists from Jiangnan West. They followed Li Lin to Xuanzhou and then from Xuanzhou to Bashu. So, placing these 30,000 troops in Ezhou and Yuezhou on Jiangnan West Road are the most suitable.

After thinking for a long time, Lei Wanchun made a decision to temporarily take the six places of Xiazhou, Guizhou, Jingzhou, Yuezhou, Ezhou and Mianzhou as his foothold.

Three days later, the army began to cross the Yangtze River towards Yuezhou and Ezhou.

The changes in the situation in Jingxiang had a profound impact. This was due to Jingxiang's special geographical location. It was a larger place for the Four Wars. Therefore, when the emperor Li Heng learned that Liang Chongyi had disobeyed his will and sent troops to occupy Xiangyang, he was immediately shocked. angry.

He was about to issue an order to remove Liang Chongyi from his post as Jiedushi, but Li Fuguo persuaded him to stop.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. We don't know much about Jing Xiang's situation. Liang Chongyi must have his reasons for sending troops. Your Majesty might as well wait a few more days. We believe that Liang Chongyi will definitely have a report for Your Majesty!"

Li Heng suppressed his anger and said: "I promised the King of Qi that I would put the overall situation first and let the Jingxiang army concentrate its forces to stop Li Lin's army from advancing eastward. I also issued an order asking Liang Chongyi to exercise restraint, but he disobeyed my will and my promise. What does it count? How should I explain to King Qi?"

"Your Majesty can explain clearly to the King of Qi that this was Liang Chongyi's unauthorized action and was not His Majesty's original intention. Moreover, the imperial court and the King of Qi reached an agreement between Jingxiang and Xiang, requiring him to withdraw from Jingxiang. Since the King of Qi signed it, what happened in Jingxiang Everything should have nothing to do with him, so why should Your Majesty care about his feelings?"

"That's what he said, but in fact, isn't Ji Guangchen the chess piece he left behind? He actually still controls Jing Xiang through Ji Guangchen."

Li Fuguo shook his head, "Your Majesty, we should not care about what it is actually like. We only care about the rules on the surface. The rules are that he will withdraw from Jingxiang completely. Jingxiang has nothing to do with him."

At this time, a guard reported, "Your Majesty, Nanyang Jiedushi Liang Chongyi sent someone to deliver a report to Your Majesty!"

Talking about him! The report came, and Li Hengdang immediately ordered: "Send the report in!"

Liang Chongyi was the military governor. He reported directly to Emperor Li Heng and could bypass the political affairs hall.

A chamberlain presented Liang Chongyi's report to Emperor Li Heng. Li Heng read it quickly, and the dissatisfaction on his face softened slightly.

Li Fuguo watched the situation and knew that Liang Chongyi must admit his mistake in the report and must have listed a bunch of reasons.

Li Fuguo knew Li Heng well and knew that he was actually in favor of seizing Xiangyang in his heart. He was mainly afraid that Li Ye would fall out. As for the emperor's promise, it was not very important.

Li Fuguo said cautiously: "Your Majesty, what did Liang Chongyi say?"

Li Heng handed him the report, "General, take a look for yourself!"

Li Fuguo quickly took the report and read it. Liang Chongyi said in the report that Xiangyang had no troops to guard it and that the opportunity was extremely rare. He boldly sent troops to occupy Xiangzhou for the imperial court. He would bear all the consequences. He implored the imperial court to immediately send state and county officials to take over Jingxiang. .

At the end of the report, he mentioned that in order to avoid a war with the Jingxiang army, he sent all the family members of the Jingxiang army out of Xiangzhou. At the same time, Jingzhou, Xiazhou and Mianzhou were still in the hands of the other side, and he did not send troops to occupy them.

"Your Majesty, Liang Chongyi is very considerate of the court! He takes all the responsibilities on himself and gives the benefits to the court. Moreover, he is very restrained and does not fight with Lei Wanchun's army. Wei Chen feels that Li Ye should have nothing to say in handling this matter. Bar!"

Li Heng said slowly: "I am the emperor after all, and the emperor promises that he must keep his promise. This is just this time, and it will not be the same in the future!"

Li Fuguo felt relieved. Liang Chongyi had passed this test with the emperor.

Li Heng came to the map with his hands behind his back and looked at Jingxiang. He felt a little proud. The dispatch of troops to Xiangyang was not only to occupy Xiangyang, but also to capture the entire northern part of Jingxiang, including Xiangzhou, Fangzhou, Junzhou and Yingzhou. , Suizhou, Tangzhou and Yuzhou, the harvest is rich!

But Li Heng was still a little worried that Li Ye would fall out. He pondered for a moment and said, "Xuan Wei has always come to see me!"

Soon, Wei Jiansu was taken to the imperial study, and Li Fuguo also avoided it. He hurriedly returned to his house. It was estimated that by this time, Liang Chongyi's generous gift to him would have arrived.

Wei Jiansu sat down, and Li Heng pondered for a moment and said, "Things are a bit troublesome. I just got the news that Liang Chongyi disobeyed my will and sent troops to occupy Xiangyang."

Wei Jiansu was startled and asked anxiously: "Did a fierce battle break out between the two sides?"

"No, it's said that Xiangyang has no troops to guard it."

Li Heng handed the report to Wei Jiansu. Wei Jiansu quickly took the report and looked at it carefully, his brows gradually furrowed, "Does your Majesty know this Liang Chongyi?"

"I have observed him. He is from Chang'an. He was born in the Yulin Army. He has always been under Lai Yi. Lai Yi has the ambition to separate Huaixi. It was he who secretly reported to the imperial court. The imperial court transferred Lai Yi back to the court, so I appointed him. He was the deputy envoy of the Huaixi Jiedu Mansion, and later served as the Jiedu envoy of the Bian Song Dynasty.

After his army was defeated by Shi Siming's army, he led his army to retreat to Ruzhou. I appointed him as the Deputy Envoy of Nanyang Jiedushi. At the beginning of the year, Li Xian, the Jiedushi envoy, entered the court as prime minister. He was promoted to Nanyang Jiedushi. His resume is very neat. I Still trust him more. "

Wei Jiansu sighed, "Your Majesty, I am not being alarmist. I think that just because he disobeyed the holy will and attacked Xiangyang without authorization, destroying the overall cooperation between Your Majesty and the King of Qi, this person is not a good person. I am very worried that he will Separately control Jingxiang again."

Li Heng pondered for a moment and said, "I will continue to observe Liang Chongyi, but what I am worried about now is how Li Ye will react?"

Wei Jiansu said after a while: "Wei Chen doesn't know either, but Wei Chen will write a letter to Li Ye to explain clearly that Liang Chongyi's occupation of Xiangyang was not His Majesty's intention, but something he did without authorization!"

Li Heng nodded, "I mean the same thing. Explain the matter clearly to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings."